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Red Cloud Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 34.17624, -105.69966
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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 Red Cloud Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 7,005 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Red Cloud 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 Red Cloud Campground · Cibola National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- DDump36 mi
- ShShower36 mi
- EVEV fast charger38 mi
- WWater39 mi
- RxPharmacy39 mi
- HHardware39 mi
- MMechanic39 mi
- AAir-up52 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 39-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 38-mi run (and back).
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 — Red Cloud Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
7,005 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
34.17624, -105.69966
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Red Cloud Campground · Cibola National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePorter Tank (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCorona · ~7.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~7.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Groceriesnone within 30 mi
- Hospital / clinicCorona Clinic · ~7.8 mi
- Mapping is thin out hereAn empty row means nothing is mapped within that radius — not that nothing exists. Small stores, seasonal resorts and single fuel pumps out here often never make it onto the map. Treat these as unconfirmed and ask locally.
EV charging — from Red Cloud Campground · Cibola National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger37.9 mi straight-line S — Allsups - Carrizozo · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 2 within 50 · 64 within 100 · 128 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)68.6 mi — Socorro, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Socorro
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.8 mi — CORONA NM VILLAGEOFCORONA · 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 227709 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Red Cloud Campground · Cibola National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletRed Cloud · ~1.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletRed Cloud -New · ~1.8 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGallinas Group Site · ~4.2 mi NE · USFS
- RestroomGQ Visitor Center · ~23.2 mi W · NPS
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Other camps near Red Cloud Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Red Cloud -New~1.8 mi
- Gallinas Group Site~4.2 mi
The unit that manages Red Cloud Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Red Cloud Campground are set by Cibola National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Red Cloud 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 Red Cloud 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 — Red Cloud Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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