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Gordon Hirabayashi Campground

Tanque Verde, Arizona · 4,839 ft

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3 of 8 facts known · Forest Service data, checked Oct 3, 2026

Price per night: $10–$50fs.usda.gov, checked Oct 10, 2026
Sites: Not yet known
Hookups: Not yet known
Elevation: 4,839 ft (1,475 m)4,839 ft1,475 m
Pets: Not yet known
Big rigs: Not yet known
Land: Coronado National Forest
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About

This site is also known as Prison Camp. The site was a Federal Honor Camp beginning in 1937 to house federal prisoners supplying labor to build a road for access into the Santa Catalina Mountains. Prisoners had been convicted of federal crimes ranging from immigration law violations to tax evasion to bank robbery.

During World War II, many of the prisoners of this camp were conscientious objectors whose religions prohibited them from serving in the military. Some were Japanese Americans protesting the Japanese American Relocation, the largest forced removal and incarceration in U.S. History that started after the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941. Over 100,000 Japanese Americans, many American Citizens, were imprisoned in internment camps for fear they would conduct espionage and sabotage along the west coast.

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