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Cosmic
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 33.47995, -108.92288
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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 Cosmic
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,356 ft.
Fire & smoke — around CosmicNIFC · 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 Cosmic · Gila National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel7 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- @Mail12 mi
- WWater12 mi
- +Urgent care19 mi
- MMechanic28 mi
- HHardware28 mi
- ShShower39 mi
- DDump39 mi
- LLaundry49 mi
- EVEV fast charger61 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 61-mi run (and back).
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 — Cosmic
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,356 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
33.47995, -108.92288
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Cosmic · Gila National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureSan Francisco River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townLH Ranch · ~1.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~11.6 mi
- GroceriesAlpine Country Store · ~28.5 mi
EV charging — from Cosmic · Gila National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger61.0 mi straight-line SE — Western New Mexico University, Silver City, NM · VIALYNK · CCS · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 10 within 100 · 82 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)79.7 mi — Lordsburg, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Lordsburg
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO107.9 mi — Walmart 5166 (Deming, NM), Deming
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)63.4 mi — Best Western Plus - Safford (at a hotel) · Non-Networked · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-11-06 · 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 335770 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cosmic · Gila National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletCosmic · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomMineral Creek · ~6.8 mi SE · USFS
- RestroomKeller Trailhead (#619) · ~7.3 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletWs Mountain · ~7.9 mi N · USFS
Open Cosmic elsewhere
Other camps near Cosmic
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Pueblo Park Campground~8.2 mi
- Cottonwood Campground~9.7 mi
- Bighorn Campground~11.0 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — Catron County, NM~12.0 mi
The unit that manages Cosmic
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Cosmic are set by Gila National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Silver Creek Divide at 9,080 ft, about 15 miles away. It sits about 3,724 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 — Cosmic
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Cosmic
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 — Cosmic
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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