Gilbert Ray Campground is a gem in the Tucson Mountain Park. It's an older park with smallish sites, 30 amp power and no other services at the sites. There's water spickets every few sites and nice restrooms but no showers. For $20 a night, during the high season (winter) the park is in high demand with a 7 day stay limit and you must stay away 7 days before you can start another 7 day stay.
You can't beat the scenery.
View from our site, #58.
The Tucson Mountain Park is loaded with hiking trails.
Joan (upper left) enjoying the view from Gates Pass in the Tucson mountains, west of Tucson.
Met up with friends from Tucson Meadows to hike parts of the Kings Canyon, Sendero Esperanza and Gould Mine trails, forming a nice loop.
Checking out the Petroglyphs
The next day Joan and I hiked part of the Brown Mountain trail. The trail head was right outside the campground so we just started from our site.
Colorful rock
The volunteer at the campground said there were some very old Saguaros.
We spent 6 of our alotted 7 days at Gilbert Ray and throughly enjoyed it, we'll definitely be back. With some weather moving in, we moved to High Chaparral RV Park outside Casa Grande AZ to visit friends in Mesa, AZ and wait out the rain.
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