One of the greatest camping values in all of Arizona. Imagine tent camping for only $5 on a beach within 2 hours of downtown Phoenix. The Apache Lake resort also has some very modest accommodations and space for RVs. There is a Tonto area there near the store called Crabtree wash that has a nice swimming area for kids.
The staff is nice and friendly and they have a bar with an old shuffleboard table that I played on in 1972. When you drive the Apache Trail you will drive on great solid hard pack dirt road that just about any vehicle can make. The road at Fish Creek is very narrow and very steep and if you have 4x4 it's a good work out for your 4 low shifter.