Church Camp Road Recreational Shooting Site

Overview

Church Camp Road is a developed recreational shooting sports site with fixed steel targets. The focused activity at this site is rifle and pistol shooting. Shotguns are not permitted. You may not bring your own targets to the site.

Operating Hours

Baldy Mountain, Church Camp Road, and Saddleback Mountain open Aug. 23.

  • Jan. 28 – April 21: 7 am to 6 pm
  • April 22 – Aug. 26: 7 am to 7 pm
  • Aug. 27 – Oct. 7: 7 am to 6 pm
  • Oct. 8 – Jan. 27: 7 am to 5 pm

All sites are closed on Wednesday for maintenance.

Amenities

The area includes these amenities:

  • fixed, 6- and 12-inch steel targets 
  • 50-, 100-, 200-yard shooting lanes
  • concrete shooting platform
  • shooting tables at the 100- and 200-yard lanes
  • gravel parking area
  • two accessible parking spaces
  • information signs and kiosk
  • vault toilet
  • trash receptacles
  • two metal shade structures

Site Occupancy

Total maximum site occupancy at Church Camp is 50 people.

Safety

Emergencies: Call 911

Rules

  • You may only use a site during designated operating hours as posted at each site, listed on the BLM’s website, and consistent with State law.
  • You may not enter a site for any purpose other than activities associated with recreational shooting.
  • Do not enter the hazardous exclusion area.
  • Inside the designated recreation area, you may only discharge a firearm from a designated firing platform towards an authorized target with a developed or designated backstop. Hunting within the recreation area and outside the facility area is permitted under State regulations where consistent with Federal regulations.
  • Never discharge a firearm or any other projectile device when someone is beyond the firing line.
  • Do not exceed the maximum occupancy posted at each site.
  • Keep off all buildings and structures, whether they are occupied or unoccupied.
  • Do not engage in disorderly conduct.
  • Do not leave any personal property unattended.
  • Children under 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult while in a site.
  • You may not use, possess, consume, or be under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances as defined by State law, Federal law, or both.
  • Do not shoot at wildlife, livestock, or vegetation.
  • Clean up after yourself and your pets.

Targets

Each site has fixed steel targets installed. You may not use your own targets at the site.

Ammunition

Rifles are restricted to ammunition that is .50 caliber or less. Steel core, armor-piercing, incendiary, and tracer ammunition and paintball equipment is prohibited.

More Sites

Learn more about the Phoenix-area recreational shooting sites.

Photos

Phoenix District Recreational Target Shooting Sites

Accessibility Description (ABA/ADA)

AZ-Church Camp Road Recreational Shooting Site Accessibility Features

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There are 2 hard-packed gravel parking areas. The east lot has 20 parking spaces and faces the 3 shooting bays; the north lot has 8 parking spaces and faces the toilet and picnic tables. These parking spots are all delineated by black and white striped parking stops. Each parking lot has 1 concrete accessible parking space. Both accessible spaces are striped and signed and have an access aisle.

A metal pole fence separates the parking lot from the concrete shooting platform, with openings for each of the 3 shooting bays. The 100-yard bay (next to the accessible parking space) has 4 fixed metal and concrete shooting tables that have an adjustable seat on one side and are open on the other side. The 200-yard bay has 3 shooting tables. The 3rd bay, for pistols and rifles, doesn’t have any shooting tables.

Red brass donation boxes and brown trash boxes, at each shooting bay, have easy-open doors and are at an appropriate height for visitors in wheelchairs. Covered information kiosks, near the 100-yard bay and the pistol bay, are at a height that can be viewed by visitors in wheelchairs but are starting to fade in the sun, making them not as easy to read.

Behind (west) of the shooting platform parking is a fenced-off area that has its own parking lot, with 1 designated accessible parking space. Inside the fenced area are 2 picnic shelters, each with 2 accessible picnic tables sitting on concrete pads and an accessible, gender-specific double-vault toilet. The concrete pads under the picnic shelters are flush with the ground, but the concrete pad for the toilets have a lip, which could make them difficult to access for visitors using mobility devices. The pathways between the picnic pavilions and toilets are hard-packed dirt.

The picnic area has 3 entrances. Visitors can take the concrete path from the accessible parking space in the larger parking lot by the 100-yard bay, or they can use one of two entrances from the smaller parking lot. One of these is next to the accessible parking space on the right side of the lot. The middle entrance, at the left side of the lot, could be challenging for visitors using mobility devices. The more accessible entrances have a concrete pad and are wide enough for wheelchairs or other mobility devices.    

The site has no running water. Cell service is poor. 

Descriptions and photos uploaded November 2024. Please note that actual on-the-ground conditions may vary due to natural events (e.g., weather, wildfires, erosion), normal wear and tear, or site improvements.  

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Activities

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RECREATIONAL SHOOTING
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ACCESSIBLE FACILITY OR ACTIVITY

Geographic Coordinates

33.841697, -112.334335

Directions

Church Camp Road Recreational Shooting Site is north of Phoenix in Maricopa County about 0.4 miles north of State Route 74 along Christian Church Camp Road.

  • From Phoenix, drive north on Interstate 17.
  • Take exit 223A to State Route 74 (Carefree Highway).
  • Turn left (west) and follow SR-74 for about 13 miles to Christian Church Camp Road.
  • Turn right (north) onto Christian Church Camp Road. The site is about 0.4 miles down the road.

Fees

Free

Stay Limit

Day use only