Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Mills Canyon Rim Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 36.06969, -104.34891
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service 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 Mills Canyon Rim Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,759 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Mills Canyon Rim 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 Mills Canyon Rim Campground · Kiowa National Grassland · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail12 mi
- FFuel20 mi
- GGrocery20 mi
- EVEV fast charger20 mi
- MMechanic24 mi
- WWater33 mi
- ShShower39 mi
- LLaundry43 mi
- +Urgent care43 mi
- RxPharmacy55 mi
- HHardware57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 33-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 20 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 — Mills Canyon Rim Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
5,759 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
36.06969, -104.34891
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Mills Canyon Rim Campground · Kiowa National Grassland · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCanadian River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townMills · ~5.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelPhillips 66 · ~20.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesRussell's Truck & Travel Center · ~29.6 mi
EV charging — from Mills Canyon Rim Campground · Kiowa National Grassland · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger20.4 mi straight-line W — Conoco Wagon Mound (Wagon Mound, NM) · Electrify America · 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 · 1 within 50 · 64 within 100 · 133 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)56.2 mi — Raton, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Raton
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO55.4 mi — MSMEC MORA EV#1, Mora
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)56.1 mi — Angel Fire Green Lot (at a public site) · RED_E · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- 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 124242 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Mills Canyon Rim Campground · Kiowa National Grassland · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletMills Canyon Rim · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMills Canyon · ~2.1 mi SW · USFS
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Other camps near Mills Canyon Rim Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Harding County~2.1 mi
The unit that manages Mills Canyon Rim Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Mills Canyon Rim Campground are set by Kiowa National Grassland, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Mills Canyon Rim 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.
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 Mills Canyon Rim 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 — Mills Canyon Rim Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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