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Camping in New Mexico

New Mexico has 166 public campgrounds on record, 45 reservable and 113 first-come. Most (153 of 166) are run by the U.S. Forest Service. Each row below says who runs it, how to get a site, and what it costs.

166
Total
45
Reservable
113
First-come
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Aeroplane Mesa Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Agua Piedra Campground Taos · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
46
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Agua Piedra Group Area Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Aguirre Spring Recreation Area and Campground Doña Ana · BLM · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Amole Group Shelter Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Apache Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
25
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night
 Apache Creek Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Armijo Springs Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Aspen Basin Santa Fe · National Forest · First-come
Sites
10
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Aspen Group Area Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Aspen Group Campground Otero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Baca Lincoln · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Bear Trap Socorro · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Ben Lilly Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Big Tesuque Santa Fe · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Bighorn Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Black Bear Group Campground Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Black Canyon (new)campground Santa Fe · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Black Canyon Campground Santa Fe · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
36
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Bonito Creek Lincoln · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Borrego Mesa Santa Fe · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Bosque Torrance · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Buzzard Park Rio Arriba · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Cabresto Lake Cabresto Lake is approximately 7 miles northeast of the town of Questa · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Capilla Peak Torrance · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
9
Season
01-01 to 12-31
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Capulin Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $18.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Cebolla Mesa Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Cedar Creek Lincoln · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
3
Season
05-15 to 09-14
Fee
Site: $40–$125 per night
 Cedar Springs Rio Arriba · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Cedro Peak Camping Sites - Robin and Jay Bernalillo · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
2
Season
05-15 to 09-30
Fee
Site: $125–$175 per night
 Cedro Peak Group Campground Bernalillo · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Cherry Creek Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Cimarron Colfax · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
36
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $22.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Clear Creek Cuba · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
12
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Clear Creek Group Campground Cuba · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Coal Mine Grants · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
15
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Cochiti Campground Sandoval · Army Corps of Engineers · Reservable
Sites
80
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Columbine Taos · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
27
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Comales Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Cosmic Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Cottonwood Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Cowles San Miguel · National Forest · First-come
Sites
9
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $6 per vehicle per night
 Cruces Basin Trailhead Tres Piedras · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Cuchilla Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
3
Season
May to September
Fee
Free
 Cuchillo Del Medio Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Datil Well Recreation Area Campground Catron · BLM · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Deerhead Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
19
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night
 Dipping Vat Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Duran Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Echo Amphitheater Rio Arriba · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
10
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 El Morro Campground Cibola · National Park Service · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 El Porvenir Las Vegas · National Forest · First-come
Sites
13
Season
05-01 to 12-31
Fee
Single Site: $8 per vehicle per night
 El Rito Rio Arriba · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 El Rito Campground--Group Shelter Rio Arriba · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
05-22 to 10-31
Fee
Site: $75 per night
 Elephant Rock Taos · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
21
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Ev Long San Miguel · National Forest · First-come
Sites
14
Season
05-01 to 10-31
Fee
Single Site: $8 per vehicle per night
 Fawn Lakes Taos · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
18
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Field Tract Pecos · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
15
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $8 per night
 Forks Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Fourth of July Torrance · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Gallo Campground San Juan · National Park Service · Reservable
Sites
28
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Goat Hill Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Gwynn Tank Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Head of the Ditch Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Holy Ghost (campground) San Miguel · National Forest · First-come
Sites
23
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $8 per vehicle per night
 Holy Ghost (group Campground) San Miguel · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Hopewell Campground Tres Piedras · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $24 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Hughes Mill Socorro · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Iron Creek Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Iron Gate San Miguel · National Forest · First-come
Sites
14
Season
05-01 to 11-30
Fee
Single Site: $4 per vehicle per night
 Jacks Creek Pecos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
39
Season
05-01 to 10-31
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Jacks Creek (group Campground) San Miguel · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
2
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 James Canyon Otero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Jemez Falls Jemez Springs · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
50
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 John F Kennedy Valencia · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Johnson Mesa San Miguel · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Junebug Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Juniper Campground Los Alamos · National Park Service · Reservable
Sites
50
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Karr Canyon Lower Otero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Karr Canyon Upper Otero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Kingston Sierra · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 La Bobita Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 La Junta Canyon Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 La Sombra Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Laguna Larga Rio Arriba · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Lagunitas Tres Piedras · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Las Petacas Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Links Tract Campground San Miguel · National Forest · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Lower Black Canyon Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Lower Canjilon Lakes Campground Canjilon · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Lower Fir Group Campground Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Lower Hondo Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Lower Scorpion Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Luna Park Socorro · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Mccrystal Colfax · National Forest · First-come
Sites
55
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $28.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Mcgaffey Oso/page McKinley · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10-$15 per night
 Mcmillen Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Mesa Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Middle Canjilon Lakes Campground Rio Arriba · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Mills Canyon Harding · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Mills Canyon Rim Harding · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 New Canyon Torrance · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 New Canyon Campground Torrance · National Forest · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Oak Grove Lincoln · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Ojo Redondo Cibola · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Paliza Family Jemez Springs · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night (up to 2 vehicles and 5 people per site)
 Paliza Group Campground Jemez Springs · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
2
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Panchuela Pecos · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
6
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $5 per night
 Pines Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
23
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night (up to 8 people)
 Ponderosa Group Campground Los Alamos · National Park Service · Reservable
Sites
2
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Pueblo Park Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Quaking Aspen McKinley · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Quemado Lake - El Caso Campground #1 Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Quemado Lake - El Caso Campground #2 Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Quemado Lake - El Caso Campground #3 Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Quemado Lake - El Caso Campground #4 Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Quemado Lake - El Caso Campground #5 Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Quemado Lake - Juniper Campground Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Quemado Lake - Pinon Campground Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Quemado Lake - Pinon Group Sites Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Railroad Canyon Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Red Canyon Torrance · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
39
Season
01-01 to 12-31
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Red Cloud -new Lincoln · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Red Cloud Campground Lincoln · National Forest · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Redondo Sandoval · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
62
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Riana - Abiquiu Lake Rio Arriba · Army Corps of Engineers · Reservable
Sites
57
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Rio Chama Abiquiu · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Rio Chama Group Campground Abiquiu · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Rio De Las Vacas Cuba · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
15
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Rio De Los Pinos Campground Rio Arriba · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Rob Jagger's Campground Lincoln · BLM · Reservable
Sites
28
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Rocky Canyon Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Rocky Point Campground Guadalupe · Army Corps of Engineers · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Saddle Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
17
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night
 Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground Lincoln · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 San Antonio Sandoval · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
30
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Santa Barbara Taos · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
21
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Sapillo Group Campground Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Silver Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
30
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $32 per night
 Silver Overflow Otero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $28 per night
 Skyline Lincoln · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Sleepy Grass Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
21
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $30 per night
 Slide Group Area Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
05-12 to 09-23
Fee
Not on record
 Slide Group Campground Otero · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 South Area Campground San Miguel · Army Corps of Engineers · Not on record
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 South Fork Lincoln · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 South Fork Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Springtime Socorro · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Tajique Torrance · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Tetilla Peak Sandoval · Army Corps of Engineers · Reservable
Sites
45
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Three Rivers Lincoln · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Trout Lakes Rio Arriba · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Twining Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
4
Season
May to October
Fee
Free
 Upper Black Canyon Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Upper End Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $15 per night
 Upper Fir Group Campground Otero · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
1
Season
Not on record
Fee
Overnight Use:
 Upper Gallinas Grant · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Upper La Junta Taos · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $20.00 per night (includes parking for one vehicle)
 Upper Scorpion Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Valle Tio Vinces Public Corrals Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Valley of Fires Recreation Area Lincoln · BLM · Reservable
Sites
26
Season
Not on record
Fee
Not on record
 Vista Linda Jemez Springs · National Forest · Reservable
Sites
13
Season
Year-round
Fee
Single Site: $20 per night
 Water Canyon Socorro · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Water Canyon Group Site Socorro · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Single Site: $10 per night
 Willow Creek Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free
 Wolf Hollow Catron · National Forest · First-come
Sites
Not on record
Season
Not on record
Fee
Free

How booking works in New Mexico

There is no single system: each campground books through its managing agency. 113 campgrounds take no reservations at all, first-come, first-served. 45 campgrounds book through Recreation.gov.

For a park's own hours, entrance fee, and boundary, see New Mexico state parks on publiclandsdb.com. Camping away from a developed campground is a land rule, not a campground: New Mexico BLM land on publiclandsdb.com has each unit's dispersed-camping rule and boundary.

Narrower lists

By agency

113 first-come campgrounds need no reservation; 1 stays open year-round ; and 23 sit on a named lake . By agency: 5 Army Corps of Engineers campgrounds , 4 BLM campgrounds , 153 National Forest campgrounds , and 4 National Park Service campgrounds .

Common questions

How do I reserve a campground in New Mexico?

It depends on who runs it. Of the 166 public campgrounds on record here, 113 are first-come, first-served with no reservations and 45 book through Recreation.gov.

Where can I camp for free in New Mexico?

63 public campgrounds in New Mexico charge no fee: Aeroplane Mesa, Apache Creek, Armijo Springs, Aspen Basin, and 59 more. Free camping away from campgrounds (dispersed camping) is a land-management rule, not a campground; see the managing agency.

Is boondocking legal in New Mexico?

On BLM land, dispersed camping (boondocking) is generally allowed under the agency's rules. BLM limits dispersed camping to 14 days within any 28-day period (stay limits vary by field office), asks campers to stay at least 200 feet from lakes and streams, and says most areas need no permit or reservation (blm.gov, read 2026-09-26). Each BLM unit's own rule and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.

What are the best campgrounds in New Mexico?

This site doesn't rate campgrounds. The most fully documented here are Valley of Fires Recreation Area (20 sourced facts), Echo Amphitheater (17 sourced facts), and Riana - Abiquiu Lake (17 sourced facts); the table lets you sort every campground by agency, booking, season, and fee.