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Rob Jaggers Camping Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · NM · 33.51376, -105.51161
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management 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.
Can I go now? — Rob Jaggers Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM
Open today Year-round per the agency record.
Bureau of Land Management record: “Year-round” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-17; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Rob Jaggers Camping Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,215 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Rob Jaggers Camping 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 Rob Jaggers Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- AAir-up17 mi
- +Urgent care17 mi
- DDump26 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- LLaundry48 mi
- WWater57 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 57-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Rob Jaggers Camping Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
6,215 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
33.51376, -105.51161
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Rob Jaggers Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCapitan · ~5.3 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelChisum · ~12.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationRV Dump Station · ~26.4 mi
- GroceriesSmokey's Country Market · ~4.1 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~14.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicHondo Clinic · ~17.3 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~14.1 mi
EV charging — from Rob Jaggers Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.8 mi straight-line SW — Hotel Ruidoso · 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 reach4 within 25 mi · 6 within 50 · 21 within 100 · 105 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)49.6 mi — Alamogordo, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Alamogordo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.1 mi — Jack's Backstage, Ruidoso, NM · TURNONGREEN · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-03-19 · 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 373010 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Rob Jaggers Camping Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletFort Stanton Nca Vault Toilet #02 - House Parking Lot - Double · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletBaca · ~8.9 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletFort Stanton Nca Vault Toilet #01 - Cave Camp Area · ~12.4 mi S · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletSchoolhouse · ~12.7 mi W · USFS
Open Rob Jaggers Camping Area elsewhere
Other camps near Rob Jaggers Camping Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Fort Stanton Cave Campground~1.2 mi
- Baca Campground~8.9 mi
- Monjeau Campground~13.7 mi
- Skyline Campground~14.3 mi
How we know this — Rob Jaggers Camping Area
Open season
Year-round
Stay limit
14 nights (14-day maximum)
Source
public land records
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
BLM Roswell Field Office, in the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area, set up for horse campers. FEE: BLM lists "Campsite: $25/night" and "Campsites with corral: $30 per night" -- this is the most expensive row in this batch and a reviewer may reasonably send it to 'later'. SIZE/HOOKUPS, BLM's words: "This site consists of 2 large day use parking areas, 2 vault toilets, and facilities for staging horseback riding. There are 27 campsites with electricity and potable water hookups, and other potable water outlets scattered throughout." FIRST-COME: BLM: "Campites and horse corrals are first-come, first-served" (BLM's typo, quoted as published). IMPORTANT RULE: BLM: "Camping is restricted to the campground only and no camping is permitted in the day use parking area." OCCASIONAL CLOSURE: BLM: "Occasionally the campground is rented out for Special Recreation Permitted events. When this happens notification will be made to the public in the form of a news release." STAY LIMIT: BLM: "The Fort Stanton NCA is open to overnight camping with a 14-day maximum length of stay". SEASON: open year-round. NEAREST TOWN: Capitan, NM -- BLM: "The nearest location to acquire food, gas, and water is in Capitan, ~6 miles away". Coordinate is BLM's recreation-service pin (gis.blm.gov, read 2026-08-17). SOURCE: https://www.blm.gov/visit/search-details/10060251/1 | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
Season
Read from the agency's own season / closure text in this record (data/conditions.py) and checked against the calendar. The words we read are printed under the verdict at the top of the page.
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 Rob Jaggers Camping 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
- 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 — Rob Jaggers Camping Area
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Camping with a dog →All field notes →
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