About this campground
Margies Cove West Campground is located in the Sonoran Desert National Monument. includes day-use parking for ten vehicles, three primitive campsites with picnic tables and steel fire rings, a vault toilet, and informational signage. There is no water at Margies Cove. The campground is adjacent to Margies Cove West Trailhead and the North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness Area.
Getting there
A high-clearance, two-wheel-drive vehicle is suitable for this road. To access the campground and trailhead, take State Route 85 to Woods Road (just south of mile post 134) and turn east. At the cattle guard/dirt road, turn immediately left and follow the brown Margies Cove Trail signs which guide you west, then north, along the Hwy 85 fence line, then east 3.8 miles to Route 8001E. Turn right, drive south 1.2 miles to the campground and trailhead. Download a map.
Activities
- WILDLIFE VIEWING
- Camping Area
- CAMPING
- BIRDING
- STARGAZING
Nearby federal campgrounds
- Margies Cove West TrailheadBureau of Land Management0 mi
- North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness AreaBureau of Land Management3 mi
- South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness AreaLava Flow Trail18 mi
- Painted Rock Petroglyph CampgroundLower Sonoran Field Office28 mi
- Painted Rock Petroglyph Site and CampgroundLower Sonoran Field Office28 mi
- Boulders OHV Staging AreaBureau of Land Management50 mi
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