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Gallinas Campground - Upper
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 32.89883, -107.82371
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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 Gallinas Campground - Upper
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,912 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Gallinas Campground - UpperNIFC · 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 Gallinas Campground - Upper · Gila National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery9 mi
- FFuel9 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- WWater20 mi
- HHardware26 mi
- +Urgent care26 mi
- OOutfitter26 mi
- LLaundry28 mi
- EVEV fast charger28 mi
- ShShower30 mi
- MMechanic32 mi
- RxPharmacy36 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 9 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Dump, 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 — Gallinas Campground - Upper
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,912 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
32.89883, -107.82371
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Gallinas Campground - Upper · Gila National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGallinas Canyon (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townKingston · ~6.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~8.9 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~23.0 mi
- GroceriesValle Mimbres Market · ~8.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicHospital · ~20.8 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~25.6 mi
EV charging — from Gallinas Campground - Upper · Gila National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger28.2 mi straight-line W — 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 · 10 within 50 · 27 within 100 · 53 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)37.6 mi — Truth or Consequences, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Truth or Consequences
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO42.1 mi — DONA ANA HATCH EV 1, Hatch
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)29.6 mi — NEW MEX.ST. PKS CABALLO LAKE SP · 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 335770 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Gallinas Campground - Upper · Gila National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Gallinas · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRailroad Canyon · ~0.8 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomLower Gallinas · ~1.2 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletIron Creek · ~1.4 mi NE · USFS
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Other camps near Gallinas Campground - Upper
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Railroad Canyon Campground~0.7 mi
- Iron Creek Campground~1.4 mi
- Kingston Campground~7.2 mi
- Rocky Canyon Campground~17.7 mi
The unit that manages Gallinas Campground - Upper
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Gallinas Campground - Upper 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 Mcknight Cabin at 9,230 ft, about 8 miles away. It sits about 2,318 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 — Gallinas Campground - Upper
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
fs.usda.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 Gallinas Campground - Upper
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 — Gallinas Campground - Upper
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Picking a spot →All field notes →
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