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Canjilon Creek
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 36.54400, -106.34400
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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 Canjilon Creek
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,688 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Canjilon CreekNIFC · 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 Canjilon Creek · Carson National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery16 mi
- MMechanic16 mi
- EVEV fast charger17 mi
- HHardware17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- WWater22 mi
- RxPharmacy27 mi
- DDump28 mi
- LLaundry38 mi
- OOutfitter44 mi
- ShShower51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 22-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Canjilon Creek
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,688 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
36.54400, -106.34400
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Canjilon Creek · Carson National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureLower Canjilon Lakes (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCanjilon · ~6.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMustang Quik Stop · ~16.2 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~18.6 mi
- Dump station~28.3 mi
- GroceriesEl Llano General Store · ~16.3 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~27.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicLas Clinicas Del Norte: Abiquiu · ~23.3 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~16.7 mi
EV charging — from Canjilon Creek · Carson National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger16.6 mi straight-line SE — El Rito DCFC (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 reach3 within 25 mi · 22 within 50 · 93 within 100 · 165 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)43.8 mi — TAOS COUNTY EV DC STATION 2, Taos
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO16.7 mi — Henry's True Value Hardware Store, Tierra Amarilla
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)36.8 mi — JEMEZ ELECTRIC CPF50 #1, Hernandez, NM · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port 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 347215 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Canjilon Creek · Carson National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLower Canjilon Lakes Cg · ~0.4 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMiddle Canjilon Lakes Cg · ~1.0 mi NE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Canjilon Lakes Ps · ~1.6 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomTrout Lakes · ~5.0 mi NW · USFS
Open Canjilon Creek elsewhere
Other camps near Canjilon Creek
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lower Canjilon Lakes Cg~0.4 mi · fee
- Canjilon Lakes~1.1 mi
- Trout Lakes Campground~4.9 mi
- El Rito Campground~11.0 mi
The unit that manages Canjilon Creek
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Canjilon Creek are set by Carson National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Bateman at 9,230 ft, about 3 miles away. It sits about 458 ft lower 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 — Canjilon Creek
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
no road or trail found nearby — check manually
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 Canjilon Creek
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 — Canjilon Creek
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Finding water out here →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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