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Datil Well Recreation Area Campground
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · NM · 34.15302, -107.85744
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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 Datil Well Recreation Area Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,435 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Datil Well Recreation Area 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 Datil Well Recreation Area Campground · Bureau of Land Management · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel1 mi
- @Mail1 mi
- +Urgent care27 mi
- GGrocery28 mi
- PPropane38 mi
- MMechanic39 mi
- WWater55 mi
- LLaundry55 mi
- HHardware56 mi
- EVEV fast charger56 mi
- RxPharmacy56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 55-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 1 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 56-mi run (and back).
Not within 60 mi: Dump. 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 — Datil Well Recreation Area Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
7,435 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
34.15302, -107.85744
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Datil Well Recreation Area Campground · Bureau of Land Management · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townDatil · ~1.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- Fuelnone within 30 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~0.9 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Datil Well Recreation Area Campground · Bureau of Land Management · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger55.5 mi straight-line E — Socorro, 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 reachnone within 25 mi · none within 50 · 44 within 100 · 99 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS55.6 mi — SOCORRODCFAST DC FAST 1, Socorro
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO55.6 mi — SOCORRODCFAST DC FAST 1, Socorro
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)66.3 mi — PARKING L-EAST PARKING L-EAST, Paraje, NM · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Best Western Socorro Hotel and Suites - Tesla Destination, Socorro, 55.5 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 227098 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Datil Well Recreation Area Campground · Bureau of Land Management · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletDatil Campground East · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDatil Campground South · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDouble Vault Toilet Datil Campground West · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomDatil Well Campground Log Cabin - Visitor'S Center · at this camp · BLM
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Other camps near Datil Well Recreation Area Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Horse Mountain Wilderness Study Area ~19.6 mi
- Cibola National Forest~21.7 mi
How we know this — Datil Well Recreation Area 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
blm.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 Datil Well Recreation Area 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 — Datil Well Recreation Area Campground
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Dumping grey & black →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →