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Buzzard Park Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 36.88133, -107.21645
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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 Buzzard Park Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,944 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Buzzard Park 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 Buzzard Park Campground · Carson National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel13 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- @Mail13 mi
- HHardware26 mi
- DDump27 mi
- RxPharmacy27 mi
- OOutfitter27 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- MMechanic29 mi
- WWater29 mi
- EVEV fast charger29 mi
- +Urgent care35 mi
- PPropane43 mi
- ShShower46 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 29-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 13 mi out.
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 — Buzzard Park Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,944 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
36.88133, -107.21645
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Buzzard Park Campground · Carson National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStock Tank (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCarracas · ~8.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~23.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~26.9 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~13.1 mi
- PharmacyCity Market Pharmacy · ~27.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicJicarilla Apache Health Care Facility · ~13.9 mi
EV charging — from Buzzard Park Campground · Carson National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.8 mi straight-line NE — CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL1, Pagosa Springs, CO · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 11 within 50 · 60 within 100 · 172 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)28.8 mi — CENTENNIAL PARK PAGOSA SPGS PL2, Pagosa Springs
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)28.1 mi — IGNACIO LIBRARY LIBRARY 1 · 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 257794 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Buzzard Park Campground · Carson National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomNavajo State Park, Navajo Reservoir Recreation Management Area-Precast Restroom Building · ~13.6 mi NW · BoR
- RestroomNavajo State Park, Navajo Reservoir Recreation Management Area-Precast Restroom Building · ~13.7 mi NW · BoR
- RestroomNavajo State Park, Navajo Reservoir Recreation Management Area-Precast Restroom Building · ~13.8 mi NW · BoR
- RestroomNavajo State Park, Navajo Reservoir Recreation Management Area-Restroom Building · ~13.9 mi NW · BoR
Open Buzzard Park Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Buzzard Park Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cedar Springs~14.6 mi
- Cedar Springs Campground~14.8 mi
- Ute Campground~23.3 mi
- Simon Canyon Area Of Critical Environmental Concern~24.8 mi
The unit that manages Buzzard Park Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Buzzard Park Campground are set by Carson National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Buzzard Park 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 Buzzard Park 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 — Buzzard Park Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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