Originally Posted by
Hermes1
Another place to look for camping I forgot to mention before is Happy Jack which is about 2 to 2.5 hours from Phoenix. It is more isolated but will be cool and pleasant.
We had a friend with a cabin up near Happy Jack...it was such a great place! You don't even feel like you're in AZ anymore, it's like some mountain town in Colorado or something. It's a bit more in the middle of nowhere than the others, but is totally worth it.
I always recommend Jerome as another cool place to go. It's a bit south of Sedona so it's not that cool, but still about 10-20 degrees cooler than the valley and it's a really nice hippy/artist/wine town.