Agency-listedBLMFree
Chosa Campground
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · NM · 32.08870, -104.43157
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Chosa Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 3,736 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Chosa 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 Chosa Campground · Bureau of Land Management · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- WWater6 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery7 mi
- LLaundry7 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- +Urgent care23 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- ShShower33 mi
- DDump33 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 7 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 — Chosa Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
3,736 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
32.08870, -104.43157
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Chosa Campground · Bureau of Land Management · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townWhites City · ~6.8 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~6.0 mi
- FuelChevron · ~24.9 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~28.1 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~6.8 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~24.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicPecos Valley Urgent Care · ~22.9 mi
- HardwareBES Supply Store · ~24.5 mi
EV charging — from Chosa Campground · Bureau of Land Management · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger24.3 mi straight-line NE — Carlsbad, NM - Tesla Supercharger (at a hotel) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 20 within 100 · 58 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS26.3 mi — Arby's - Carlsbad, Carlsbad
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO26.3 mi — Arby's - Carlsbad, Carlsbad
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)25.6 mi — McDonald's, Carlsbad, NM (at a restaurant) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-02-13 · 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 448082 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Chosa Campground · Bureau of Land Management · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSunset Reef Vault Toilet · ~2.2 mi N · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletCottonwood Vault Toilet · ~2.3 mi W · BLM
- RestroomB# 65 - RSS Vault Toilet · ~2.5 mi NW · NPS
- RestroomB66 #17 Visitor Center · ~6.0 mi N · NPS
Open Chosa Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Chosa Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Mile 10 Dispersed Camping~1.2 mi
- Parks Ranch Campground~2.1 mi
- Sunset Reef~2.2 mi
- BLM public land~21.2 mi
How we know this — Chosa 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.
Agency page
nps.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
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 Chosa 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 — Chosa Campground
What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Hot-weather camping →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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