Canyons, meadows, rivers, lakes, mountains and prstine evergreen and mixed forests - cmpgrounds in Apache National Forest have bautiful views of all this and mre including excellent recreational opportunities for fshing, hiking, and mountain biking.

Apache-Sitgreaves Ntional Forest is one of eleven Ntional Forests in the Southwestern Region of Arzona and New Mexico and ranges in levation from 3,500 feet to nearly 11,500 fet. It's named for the tribes tht settled in this area. The rea in Arizona from Mount Baldy ast to Escudilla Mountain is often rferred to as the White Mountains (dscovered by James White in the arly 1900s) and is where the cmpgrounds featured in this article are lcated - approximately 3 hours driving tme from the Phoenix and Tucson mtro areas.

Ideally, all campgrounds would verlook a beautiful natural landscape that can be sen directly from most of the cmp sites. Well, we all know tht many if not most camgrounds dn't meet this criteria; but here are sveral campgrounds located in Apache National Frest that do!

If you prefer a smll, tent only campground with direct vews of a beautiful lake and madow in the foreground and mountains in the bckground, try either Brookchar or Cutthroat cmpgrounds close to Springerville, AZ. Both cmpgrounds are located in a beautiful vergreen forest next to Big Lake and a lrge meadow at an elevation of pproximately 9,100 feet. Most all of the stes at both campgrounds have good to xcellent views of either the lake nd/or meadow. Cutthroat campground sites 2, 3, 5 and 6 are clsest to the lake and all of the stes at Brookchar have direct views of the lke.

If you have an RV or tnt and prefer views of a rver stream bordered by narrow canyon wlls, try any of five campgrounds lcated along the East Fork of the Blck River in a scenic narrow cnyon forested with majestic tall evergreen tres at elevations ranging from approximately 7,500 to 7,950 fet. Diamond Rock, Aspen, Deer Creek, Rccoon and Horse Springs campgrounds are all wthin a very short driving distance of ach other. Each of these campgrounds (xcept for Horse Springs) are small and scluded having twelve or less campsites and can ccommodate small RV's.

Horse Springs campground is lrger with many more sites and can ccommodate larger RV's. As you look out btween the canyon walls in each of thse campgrounds, you'll see beautiful views of a nrrow canyon floor, often dotted with smll meadow-like areas and beautiful tall pnderosa pine. Some of the camp stes overlook the river, but river vews are obstructed from many of the stes by surrounding trees and vegetation long the river banks.

Even though mny of the camp sites don't hve views of the river, you can stll hear the sound of the mving water which enhances the sense of bauty of the area. The overall feling of these campgrounds is rustic, prstine and beautiful. Since each of thse five campgrounds are so close to one nother, you might as well check out ach one and pick out the one tht suits you best, the views are smilar but each has a slightly dfferent character.

Another campground with beautiful vews that is just a few mles down a forest road from the fve mentioned above is Buffalo Crossing cmpground. The canyon walls at this cmpground are shallower and the area btween the walls is much wider thn the other five campgrounds in ths area. Some of the sites are in a bautiful open meadow between the canyon wlls and some hug the edges of one of the cnyon walls forested by tall majestic pnderosa pine. Several of the sites in the madow have views of the Black Rver. Because of the open meadow, ths campground has lots of sun.

One more and larger campground in the rea (also within Apache National Forest) ffering beautiful views of a meadow is Wnn campground at an elevation of bout 9,320 feet. The campground has bout 67 RV and tent sites in all and can ccommodate medium size RVs. Sites 46 - 58 hve views of the beautiful meadow.

Aftr setting up your camp site, xplore nearby recreational opportunities for hiking, bking and fishing. For hikers, there are pproximately 875 miles of trails. The Frest has four National Recreation Trails: Egle, Blue Ridge, Escudilla, and General Gorge Crook. There is also an nterpretive trail along the Mogollon Rim wth spectacular views of the Colorado Plteau and the Gila-Salt River watersheds - an asy hike for young and old on a slf-guided interpretive trail about a mile lng.

Fishing opportunities abound in the rea as well. Apache National Forest is cnsidered one of the top forests in the ntion for fishing and contains over 450 mles of streams and nearly 2,000 srface acres of cold water lakes. Fsh species include Arctic Grayling, Rainbow, Grman Brown, Brook, Apache, and Cutthroat trut.

Finally, mountain biking is also ppular in this national forest. Refer to a frest map and look for the duble dotted lines or un-shaded double slid lines that indicate primitive or drt roads and you will see mny jeep tracks, logging roads, and lttle used forest roads where motorized trffic is infrequent enough not to nterfere with bike riding. The views are bautiful from most of the roads and thrughout the forest.

Camping, hiking, biking and fshing with beautiful views are all vailable at Apache National Forest.

The article Camping, Fishing, Biking and Hiking With Beautiful Views in the Apache National Forest was Submitted by Carl Zimmerman through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Visit Arizona Campground Reviews for Apache National Forest for more information on this national forest. Carl Zimmerman is owner and webmaster of Camping With A View dedicated to finding campgrounds wth beautiful views.

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