Agency-listedUSFSUnpriced · confirm
Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 33.36158, -105.68520
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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 Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,995 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sam Tobias Memorial Group 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 Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground · Lincoln National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel1 mi
- GGrocery1 mi
- HHardware1 mi
- @Mail1 mi
- EVEV fast charger2 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- AAir-up5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- DDump26 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- LLaundry34 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: fuel & food sit about 1 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Water, 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 — Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,995 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
33.36158, -105.68520
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground · Lincoln National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWater · nearby
- Nearest townAlpine Cellars Village · ~1.0 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelValero · ~24.7 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~26.6 mi
- Dump station~26.7 mi
- GroceriesAlbertsons · ~1.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicLincoln County Medical Center · ~4.1 mi
EV charging — from Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground · Lincoln National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger2.1 mi straight-line S — 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 · 7 within 50 · 29 within 100 · 98 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)35.5 mi — Alamogordo, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Alamogordo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)1.1 mi — Benlyn Construction, Ruidoso, NM (at a retail) · TURNONGREEN · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2025-12-12 · 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 373010 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground · Lincoln National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSam Tobias Memorial Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Flush restroomCedar Creek · ~0.4 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletOak Grove · ~4.2 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSkyline · ~4.8 mi NW · USFS
Open Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Oak Grove~4.2 mi · fee
- Oak Grove Campground~4.3 mi
- Skyline Campground~4.8 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — Lincoln County, NM~5.0 mi
The unit that manages Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground are set by Lincoln National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Sierra Blanca at 10,250 ft, about 7 miles away. It sits about 3,255 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 — Sam Tobias Memorial Group 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 Sam Tobias Memorial Group 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 — Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Leave no trace →All field notes →
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