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Ojo Redondo
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 35.15838, -108.10615
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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 Ojo Redondo
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 8,847 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Ojo RedondoNIFC · 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 Ojo Redondo · Cibola National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail10 mi
- ShShower10 mi
- DDump10 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- WWater14 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- +Urgent care18 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, 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 — Ojo Redondo
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
8,847 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
35.15838, -108.10615
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Ojo Redondo · Cibola National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townDiener · ~1.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~11.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~10.1 mi
- GroceriesLove's · ~11.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicCibola General Hospital · ~15.7 mi
EV charging — from Ojo Redondo · Cibola National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger11.7 mi straight-line E — MILAN NMDOT6 EV #1 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach6 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 50 within 100 · 109 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)11.9 mi — Milan, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Milan
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)37.8 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
- 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 347270 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Ojo Redondo · Cibola National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletOjo Redondo · at this camp · USFS
- RestroomEl Malpais National Monument Information Center (NPS) · ~12.2 mi S · NPS
- RestroomEl Calderon Area · ~14.1 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomBig Tubes · ~14.8 mi S · NPS
Open Ojo Redondo elsewhere
Other camps near Ojo Redondo
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Ojo Redondo Campground~0.1 mi
- Chain Of Craters Backcountry Byway~10.9 mi
- El Morro Campground~15.5 mi
- El Malpais National Conservation Area~21.2 mi
The unit that manages Ojo Redondo
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Ojo Redondo are set by Cibola National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Rice Park at 8,480 ft, about 11 miles away. It sits about 367 ft lower 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 — Ojo Redondo
Source
U.S. Forest Service 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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Ojo Redondo
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 — Ojo Redondo
When the high country opens →Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →First-night troubleshooting →All field notes →
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