Agency-listedBLM · dispersedFree
Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · NM · 33.62943, -104.24349
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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 Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,019 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle AreaNIFC · 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 Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel20 mi
- GGrocery20 mi
- RxPharmacy20 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- +Urgent care21 mi
- HHardware21 mi
- DDump22 mi
- WWater23 mi
- @Mail23 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 23-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 20 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 — Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
4,019 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
33.62943, -104.24349
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · nearby
- Nearest townCampbell · ~3.1 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelValero · ~20.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~22.2 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~20.5 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~20.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicEastern New Mexico Medical Center · ~21.7 mi
- HardwareWestlake Ace Hardware · ~21.3 mi
EV charging — from Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger24.3 mi straight-line SW — Allsups - Roswell #102160 · FCN · CHAdeMO, CCS · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 24 within 100 · 50 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)85.5 mi — Carlsbad, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Carlsbad
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.7 mi — Holiday Inn Express, Roswell, NM (at a hotel) · Non-Networked · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 3 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-11-13 · 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 316552 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletVault Toilet · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~14.5 mi SW · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~15.0 mi SW · FWS
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~17.9 mi SW · FWS
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How we know this — Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Source
Bureau of Land Management 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
USFS/BLM authoritative: free & dispersed. Access not field-checked (assumed drive-up).
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 Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area
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 — Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Hot-weather camping →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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