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Stockton Pass Campground

Safford, Arizona
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Ownership: US Forest Service
Official website: fs.fed.us
Posted by: MountainMan on December 10, 2005

Description

Stockton Pass was named after ‚ÄúOld Man Stockton‚Äù, a rancher who settled in this area in the 1870‚Äôs. Stockton was the father of the Clanton Brothers, who were involved in the famous gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone. Stockton Pass serves as a travel way over the Pinale?±os into Sulphur Springs Valley. The Stockton Pass Campground is located right at the apex of the pass and offers good views of the south slopes of some of the mountain range‚Äôs highest peaks, as well as views of Sulphur Springs Valley and the Galiuro and Santa Catalina mountains to the west.For those who don't want to camp, this is also an excellent picnic area, with tables set in a desert grassland dotted with oak trees and manzanita scrub. Other Upper Sonoran Zone plants such as prickly pear and cholla cactus, agave, soaptree yucca and sotol round out the vegetation. The Shake Trail winds through this high desert landscape as it leaves directly from the campground and begins a climb that continues to the Swift Trail high in the Pinale?±os.

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Directions

From Safford drive south 17 miles on US 191 to AZ 266. Turn right (southwest) onto 266 and continue 12 miles to the Stockton Pass Picnic Area.

Activities

Scenic drives, hiking.

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Services

Tables and fire grills, vault toilets, no water - bring your own.

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Reviewed by Guest on February 11, 2009

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A couple of things you should know from the locals; there's no water so bring your own, and the site is in close proximity to a bear trail. So, when they're migrating down the mountain in the fall or up the mountain in the spring its best to exercise a good deal of caution when camping here. Services are a solid 50 minute drive away.
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