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Borrego Mesa Campground
OHV / 4×4 · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 35.97931, -105.77249
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. 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 Borrego Mesa Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,716 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Borrego Mesa 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 Borrego Mesa Campground · Santa Fe National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- WWater13 mi
- FFuel14 mi
- GGrocery14 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- MMechanic15 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- AAir-up24 mi
- DDump31 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 14 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: 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 — Borrego Mesa Campground
Access
OHV / 4×4
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,716 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
35.97931, -105.77249
Cost
Free · Forest Service inventory: no fee
Nearby & resupply — around Borrego Mesa Campground · Santa Fe National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureChupaderos Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townTruchas · ~5.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~14.3 mi
- Propane / LPGZia Propane · ~14.1 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~14.3 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~16.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicClinic · ~8.0 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~15.0 mi
EV charging — from Borrego Mesa Campground · Santa Fe National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.2 mi straight-line W — La Arboleda Senior Center, Chimayo, NM (at a public site) · RED_E · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach23 within 25 mi · 49 within 50 · 98 within 100 · 154 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)28.1 mi — Santa Fe, NM - Cerrillos Road - Tesla Supercharger, Santa Fe
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO15.4 mi — Picuris Travel Center, Penasco
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)18.6 mi — BLHV EV CHARGER PULITZER 1, Santa Fe, NM · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · 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 449049 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Borrego Mesa Campground · Santa Fe National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomBorrego Mesa · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomBorrego · ~2.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSclra North Shore Camping Loop Double Vault Toilet · ~7.9 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletSclra North Shore Lower Camping Area Single Vault · ~7.9 mi W · BLM
Open Borrego Mesa Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Borrego Mesa Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Borrego Mesa~0.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area~7.9 mi
- BLM dispersed camp — Santa Fe County, NM~8.2 mi
- Jacks Creek (Group Cg)~11.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Borrego Mesa Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Borrego Mesa Campground are set by Santa Fe National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Rio Santa Barbara at 10,640 ft, about 10 miles away. It sits about 1,924 ft higher than this camp, so treat it as a guide rather than a reading for this spot. We do not repeat a depth here, because any number we stored would be stale by the time you read it — the station publishes today's.
How we know this — Borrego Mesa 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
likely OHV (only a rough 4wd track in) — confirm
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 Borrego Mesa 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 — Borrego Mesa Campground
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Off-grid communication →All field notes →
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