Agency-listedUSFSFree
Los Pinos
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 36.95490, -106.17490
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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 Los Pinos
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,346 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Los PinosNIFC · 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 Los Pinos · Carson National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- @Mail18 mi
- DDump22 mi
- +Urgent care23 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- HHardware23 mi
- MMechanic25 mi
- WWater34 mi
- OOutfitter39 mi
- AAir-up51 mi
- ShShower56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 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 — Los Pinos
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,346 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
36.95490, -106.17490
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Los Pinos · Carson National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureRio de los Pinos (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townSan Miguel · ~0.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelStandard Service · ~20.0 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~27.9 mi
- Dump station~22.4 mi
- GroceriesLowe's Market · ~12.4 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~23.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicChama Dunham Memorial Clinic · ~22.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~23.2 mi
EV charging — from Los Pinos · Carson National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.7 mi straight-line W — Chama · LOOP · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 19 within 50 · 80 within 100 · 187 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)39.2 mi — Alamosa, CO - Tesla Supercharger, Alamosa
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)39.2 mi — FSWB CHARGING STATION 1, Alamosa, CO · 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 charger$1 activation fee; $0.59 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 348900 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Los Pinos · Carson National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRio De Los Pinos Cg · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMogote · ~8.3 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLagunitas · ~9.4 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletAspen Glade · ~9.8 mi NW · USFS
Open Los Pinos elsewhere
Other camps near Los Pinos
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Rio De Los Pinos Cg~0.2 mi
- Cruces Basin Campground~6.0 mi
- Laguna Larga~6.1 mi
- Laguna Larga~6.1 mi
The unit that manages Los Pinos
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Los Pinos are set by Carson National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is San Antonio Sink at 9,120 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 774 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 — Los Pinos
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.
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 Los Pinos
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 — Los Pinos
When the high country opens →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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