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Valley of Fires Recreation Area
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · NM · 33.68480, -105.92001
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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? — Valley of Fires Recreation 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 Valley of Fires Recreation Area
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,238 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Valley of Fires Recreation 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 Valley of Fires Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump0 mi
- ShShower0 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- HHardware27 mi
- RxPharmacy30 mi
- MMechanic30 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- +Urgent care36 mi
- LLaundry43 mi
- WWater56 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 56-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 — Valley of Fires Recreation Area
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
5,238 ft
State
NM
Coordinates
33.68480, -105.92001
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Valley of Fires Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townCarrizozo · ~5.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelAlon · ~3.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationRV Dump Station · ~0.3 mi
- GroceriesCarrizozo Market · ~3.8 mi
- HardwareHardware · ~27.0 mi
EV charging — from Valley of Fires Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger3.8 mi straight-line SE — 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 reach1 within 25 mi · 4 within 50 · 24 within 100 · 124 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)54.2 mi — Alamogordo, NM - Tesla Supercharger, Alamogordo
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.9 mi — Otero County Electric Co-Op, Carrizozo, NM (at a coop) · Non-Networked · 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 227709 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Valley of Fires Recreation Area · Bureau of Land Management · NM — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletValley Of Fires Entrance Vault Toilet · at this camp · BLM
- RestroomValley Of Fires Visitor & Maintenance Building · ~0.2 mi SW · BLM
- RestroomValley Of Fires Main Restroom Building · ~0.3 mi SW · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletValley Of Fires Top Of Loop Vault Toilet · ~0.5 mi SW · BLM
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Other camps near Valley of Fires Recreation Area
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Bonito Creek~16.7 mi
- South Fork~18.7 mi · fee
- Three Rivers~19.7 mi · fee
- Three Rivers Campground~19.7 mi · fee
How we know this — Valley of Fires Recreation Area
Open season
Year-round
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 Socorro Field Office, on the edge of the Carrizozo Malpais lava flow. FEE: BLM lists "Tent Camping - $15." and sites "with water & electric (sites 2-13 and 15), $25." SIZE/HOOKUPS: BLM: "13 of the campsites have 30- and 50-amp electrical hookups and water hookups". SETTING, BLM's words: "Valley of Fires recreation area is located immediately adjacent to the Malpais Lava Flow. Approximately 5,000 years ago, Little Black Peak erupted and flowed 44 miles into the Tularosa Basin... The lava flow is four to six miles wide, 160 feet thick and covers 125 square miles." and it "offers both camping and day use." STAY LIMIT, unusually strict and worth reading twice: "After 14 days visitors must relocate at least 25 miles from their original spot. Visitors may not return to that area for 28 consecutive days." SEASON: BLM describes the area as open year-round. NEAREST TOWN: Carrizozo, NM -- BLM: "This nearest location to acquire food and gas is four miles away in Carrizozo." Coordinate is BLM's recreation-service pin (gis.blm.gov, read 2026-08-17). SOURCE: https://www.blm.gov/visit/search-details/10060263/1 | 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 Valley of Fires Recreation 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 — Valley of Fires Recreation Area
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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