State park · est. 1983
Catalina State Park · caps RVs at 50 ft
- Max RV
- 50 ft
- Season
- Year-round (peak: October – April)
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50ft
electric
Yes
Year-round (peak: October – April)
The southern slope of the Santa Catalina Mountains drops directly into the park's 5,500 acres of Sonoran upland — the rare state-park inventory that genuinely abuts a major national park unit (Saguaro East across the city of Tucson) and accepts rigs as long as 50 feet. The campground holds 120 sites with 30/50-amp electric and water hookups, year-round operation, dump station at the entrance. Reservations open 12 months ahead via the Arizona State Parks portal and snowbird-season (November through March) full-hookup sites fill the first week of the calendar opening. Summer afternoons clear 105°F May through September and the operational visiting window collapses to morning and dusk. The Romero Pools Trail and the equestrian trail network are the headline activities; the campground also serves as the primary RV staging for Saguaro NP East.
Managing agency
Arizona State Parks & Trails
Primary sources
How to book this park
Reservations + RV staging
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Quick answers
Frequently asked
Can you take an RV into Catalina State Park?
RVs up to 50 ft are allowed in Catalina State Park campgrounds.
Are there RV hookups at Catalina State Park?
Hookups at Catalina State Park: electric.
Is there an RV dump station at Catalina State Park?
Yes — Catalina State Park has an RV dump station.
Other state parks in Arizona
Picacho Peak
Picacho Peak's 85 electric sites at 36-ft cap sit below the westernmost Civil War battle site — March re-enactment, year-round operation, peak rises 1,500 ft above I-10.
Lost Dutchman
Lost Dutchman sits at the base of the Superstition Mountains — 138 electric sites at 40-ft cap, year-round, Phoenix snowbird demand saturates November-March in minutes.
Slide Rock
Slide Rock is a timed-entry day-use park around a 1908 apple orchard and a natural sandstone slide — no in-park RV camping, stage at Cave Spring or Pine Flat USFS instead.
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Arizona rules · last verified 2026-05-10
- State rental tax
- 8.3% · not collected by PickRV
- Min driver age
- 21+ std · 25+ Class A
- Gravel roads
- Allowed — no restriction
- Generator quiet
- 22:00-08:00
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