Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Aspen Group Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 32.94093, -105.74065
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Aspen Group Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,880 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Aspen Group CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Aspen Group Campground · Lincoln National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel1 mi
- GGrocery1 mi
- @Mail1 mi
- DDump3 mi
- MMechanic11 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- RxPharmacy13 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
- ShShower52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 1 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Water, Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Aspen Group Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,880 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
32.94093, -105.74065
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Aspen Group Campground · Lincoln National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · nearby
- Nearest townCloudcroft · ~1.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelHigh Rolls General Store · ~5.7 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~17.9 mi
- Dump station~2.6 mi
- GroceriesHigh Rolls General Store · ~5.7 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~13.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicGerald Champion Regional Medical Center · ~11.3 mi
- HardwareRocky Mountain Supply · ~12.8 mi
EV charging — from Aspen Group Campground · Lincoln National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger12.8 mi straight-line W — Casa Chevrolet GMC, Alamogordo, NM · EV Connect · CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 41 within 100 · 66 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)12.8 mi — Alamogordo, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Alamogordo
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO14.8 mi — Allsups - Alamogordo, Alamogordo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)1.3 mi — Otero County Electric Co-op, Cloudcroft, NM (at a coop) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-11 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 234745 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Aspen Group Campground · Lincoln National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletAspen · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBlack Bear · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSleepy Grass · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDeerhead · ~0.4 mi NW · USFS
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Other camps near Aspen Group Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Sleepy Grass Campground~0.3 mi · fee
- Deerhead Campground~0.4 mi
- Slide Group Campground~0.8 mi
- Pines~1.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Aspen Group Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Aspen Group Campground are set by Lincoln National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Aspen Group Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Aspen Group Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Aspen Group Campground
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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