This small, rustic campground is located along Forest Road 42, which bisects the Chiricahua Range. This transmountain road provides the most direct route between the wildlife havens and spectacular cliffs of Cave Creek Canyon and the gravity-defying pinnacles of Chiricahua National Monument.

Pinery Canyon Campground is located just a short distance west of the Chiricahua Divide at Onion Saddle in a forest of ponderosa and Apache pines. Campsites here are relatively small and close together. For that reason, trailers must be less than 16 feet long. Facilities are limited at Pinery Canyon, giving the area more of the atmosphere of a dispersed camping area than the feel of a developed campground.

While you are visiting Pinery Canyon Campground, you may want to take advantage of some of the hiking trails that originate nearby. A short distance east on FR 42 at Onion Saddle, a short trail leads to an overlook with a panoramic view that includes Cochise Head Mountain, the Sulphur Springs Valley, and other mountain ranges to the west. Down the canyon, Ida Peak Trail leads to more impressive views, and Pinery-Horsefall Trail takes you into a remote area of cattle ranches and old mining claims.

Location: 120 miles east of Tucson, 76 miles north of Douglas, 18 miles west of Portal.

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Elevation: 7,000'

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