Hi Mary
There is many places to camp in the Flagstaff area. I am currently at Cinder Hills OHV Area.
I think you can check out possible sites on Campendium and narrow down your choice.
There is places like Walnut Canyon, A-1 Mountain Road and other forest roads.
If you choose a forest road site keep in mind that we are getting Monsoon rain up here now.
The forest roads are clay sticky mud once off the main road. The Cinder Hills site is not bad on week days. Only on Fri, Sat & Sun is it a little loud. The Museum Fire is 82% Contained last time I checked.
Hope this helps you.
James

Not sure if you know about this but Coconino NF Road Use maps are available digitally and are also georefed.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/coconino/landmanagement/projects/?cid=stelprdb5356224

I spent a bit over a year in the area based out of the Verde Valley. There are a lot, A LOT of boondocking areas to the SE of Flag along Highway 3 and up on the Mogollon Rim. You just need to be willing to be at least a half-hour away from Starbucks is all.

Thanks, James!

HAHAHA yeah, I can be that far from Starbucks and be just fine :rofl: Thanks!

Looking on freecampsites this one looks like something I would try.
https://freecampsites.net/#!32392&query=sitedetails

I’m not sure of length of stay allowed, but there is free RV parking at the casino on I-40 just east of Flagstaff.

Taking VW-travels suggestion to the next step, USFS Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM) are available for free on Avenza. A MVUM is a Forest Service created off-road vehicle trail map. Each National Forest must have MVUM if they have vehicle trails. If you have a GPS enabled device (phone, ipad) you can download the Avenza app for free, register, then download free USFS MVUMs of your choosing. When you are in a specific national forest, you simply open the app, then open the MVUM you’ve saved for that area, then your device will put a little blue dot where you are on the map and you can track your location in real time. Also, camp sites are shown on the map as a little black dot. Very, very useful!! And did I mention they’re free? Using Avenza takes some getting used to, but once you’ve mastered it you’ll be berry berry happy.

I have lived in Arizona for many years. Here is a great place to go that has lots of space for boondocking. It's about 20 miles outside of town, it's up about 8,500 ft so it's cool. Plenty of firewood around if there are no burn bans. Easy access for any size rig. I will put the GPS coordinates but when you had North out of Flagstaff on Highway 180 it's almost exactly one mile past the Nordic Center turn left.
35.380447,-111.791032

Thumps Up! Great Post.