Mingus Mountain Campground

I decided to escape the heat of the Verde Valley, and set up camp on Mingus Mountain. This is the highest campground in the Black Hills at 7,627 feet elevation, and it's about 15 degrees cooler than the valley below. It was 97 degrees this afternoon in Cottonwood, so I went to the public pool for a swim, did some grocery shopping, and then decided to camp in the mixed Conifer Forest atop Mingus Mountain in the Prescott National Forest. Since it is June, I don't usually camp below 3,000 feet, and the perfect temperature is between 5,000 and 8,000 feet during the summer.