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Trout Lakes Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · NM · 36.60791, -106.38235
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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 Trout Lakes Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,214 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Trout Lakes 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 Trout Lakes Campground · Carson National Forest · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail7 mi
- FFuel8 mi
- GGrocery12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- HHardware12 mi
- EVEV fast charger12 mi
- +Urgent care12 mi
- RxPharmacy22 mi
- DDump23 mi
- WWater26 mi
- LLaundry38 mi
- OOutfitter47 mi
- ShShower56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 26-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Trout Lakes Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
9,214 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
36.60791, -106.38235
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Trout Lakes Campground · Carson National Forest · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTrout Lakes (water) · nearby
- Nearest townCebolla · ~7.5 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMustang Quik Stop · ~11.8 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~14.1 mi
- Dump station~23.4 mi
- GroceriesEl Llano General Store · ~21.2 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~22.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicChama Dunham Memorial Clinic · ~23.5 mi
- HardwareTrue Value · ~12.2 mi
EV charging — from Trout Lakes Campground · Carson National Forest · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger12.2 mi straight-line NW — Henry's True Value Hardware Store, Tierra Amarilla, NM · LOOP · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-07-15 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 20 within 50 · 86 within 100 · 161 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)47.0 mi — Taos, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Taos
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)41.7 mi — JEMEZ ELECTRIC CPF50 #1, Hernandez, NM · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast charger$1 activation fee; $0.59 per kWh (as listed by AFDC)
- 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 399670 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Trout Lakes Campground · Carson National Forest · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomTrout Lakes · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Canjilon Lakes Ps · ~4.3 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLower Canjilon Lakes Cg · ~4.5 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMiddle Canjilon Lakes Cg · ~4.6 mi SE · USFS
Open Trout Lakes Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Trout Lakes Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Lower Canjilon Lakes Cg~4.5 mi · fee
- Canjilon Lakes~4.5 mi
- Canjilon Creek~4.9 mi
- Hopewell Cg~10.5 mi · fee
The unit that manages Trout Lakes Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Trout Lakes Campground are set by Carson National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
Snow, and when this opens
The nearest automatic snow station is Bateman at 9,230 ft, about 8 miles away. That is about the height of this camp, so it is a fair proxy. 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 — Trout Lakes 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 Trout Lakes 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 — Trout Lakes Campground
Camping at altitude →When the high country opens →Camping near a reservoir →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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