[3] Every summer, the downtown area of Camp Verde is the site of the annual Corn Fest; held each year on the third Saturday in July, the popular event is sponsored and organized by local growers, Hauser and Hauser Farms.

The Mogollon Rim is just north of the town and forms the southwestern edge of the large, geologically ancient Colorado Plateau.

Camp Verde has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen: BSk) with cool winters and very hot summers.

Tourist attractions include the nearby Montezuma Castle National Monument located in Verde Valley.

The Cliff Castle Casino, operated by the Yavapai-Apache Nation, is an important gambling destination for north and central Arizona.

Greyhound Lines serves Camp Verde on its Phoenix–Las Vegas and Los Angeles–New York routes.

Camp Verde is located at the junction of Interstate 17 and Arizona State Route 260.

[12] The Marvel Comics superhero characters James and John Proudstar are from a reservation in Camp Verde.

In the 2011 film Paul, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost plan to visit Camp Verde as a UFO hot spot along with Rachel, Nevada, Area 51, Apache Junction, Arizona and Roswell, New Mexico.