Free and paid camping in New Mexico

251 camps in New Mexico: 207 free, 44 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in New Mexico, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Bureau of Land Management51 camps

• Aden Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Area4,458 ft
• Aguirre Spring Campground5,873 ft · fee
• Alkali Lake OHV Area (dispersed)3,296 ft
• Angel Peak Scenic Area6,559 ft
• Bear Crossing7,458 ft
• BLM dispersed camp #2 — Taos County, NM6,948 ft
• BLM dispersed camp — Santa Fe County, NM6,685 ft
• BLM dispersed camp — Taos County, NM6,943 ft
• BLM public land4,599 ft · notes
• BLM public land6,205 ft · notes
• Brown Springs Campground5,720 ft
• Cabezon Wilderness Study Area 6,282 ft
• Cebolla Wilderness Area7,289 ft
• Chain Of Craters Backcountry Byway7,859 ft
• Chosa Campground3,736 ft
• Continental Divide National Scenic Trail8,070 ft
• Cox Canyon Arch Primitive Campsite6,207 ft
• Datil Well Recreation Area Campground7,435 ft
• Diablo Canyon Recreation Area Camping and Parking5,868 ft
• El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail4,619 ft
• El Malpais National Conservation Area6,675 ft
• Fort Stanton Cave Campground6,124 ft
• Gila Lower Box Canyon4,305 ft
• Glade Run Recreation Area5,808 ft
• Hackberry Lake Off-Highway Vehicle Use Area3,262 ft
• Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area4,019 ft
• Horse Mountain Wilderness Study Area 8,450 ft
• Ignacio Chavez Special Management Area6,431 ft
• Joe Skeen Malpais Campground6,925 ft
• John Dunn Bridge Dispersed Campground6,953 ft
• John Dunn Bridge Dispersed Campground6,890 ft
• John Dunn Bridge Dispersed Campground6,864 ft
• La Junta Lower6,803 ft
• Mcgregor Range4,933 ft
• Mile 10 Dispersed Camping3,636 ft
• Ojito Wilderness Area5,893 ft
• Old Spanish Trail National Historic Trail6,381 ft
• Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument6,179 ft
• Orilla Verde Recreation Area6,091 ft
• Parks Ranch Campground3,567 ft
• Red Bluff Reservoir (dispersed)2,825 ft
• Red Sands Off-Highway Vehicle Area4,026 ft
• Rio Grande Del Norte National Monument7,657 ft
• Rob Jaggers Camping Area6,215 ft · fee
• Sabinoso Wilderness Area5,860 ft
• San Lorenzo Canyon5,178 ft
• Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area6,334 ft
• Simon Canyon Area Of Critical Environmental Concern5,696 ft
• Sunset Reef3,595 ft
• Three Rivers Petroglyph Site4,997 ft
• Valley of Fires Recreation Area5,238 ft · fee

Carson National Forest41 camps

• Agua Piedra Campground8,416 ft
• Buzzard Park Campground6,944 ft
• Cabresto Lake9,216 ft
• Canjilon Creek9,688 ft
• Canjilon Lakes9,991 ft
• Capulin Campground7,782 ft
• Cebolla Mesa7,380 ft
• Cedar Springs7,293 ft
• Cedar Springs Campground7,342 ft
• Comales Campground7,949 ft
• Cruces Basin Campground10,104 ft
• Cruces Basin Th9,810 ft
• Cuchilla Campground8,171 ft
• Cuchillo Del Medio Campground8,031 ft
• Dispersed camping9,975 ft
• Dispersed camping9,970 ft
• Duran Canyon8,806 ft
• El Rito Campground7,592 ft
• Elephant Rock Campground8,453 ft
• Fawn Lakes Campground8,460 ft
• FR 64G Dispersed Campground8,382 ft
• FR 64J Dispersed Campground8,238 ft
• Goat Hill Campground7,674 ft · fee
• Hodges Dispersed Recreation Area8,434 ft
• Junebug Campground8,566 ft
• La Bobita Campground8,250 ft
• La Junta Canyon8,706 ft
• La Sombra Campground7,731 ft
• Laguna Larga9,017 ft
• Laguna Larga8,997 ft
• Lagunitas10,415 ft
• Las Petacas Campground7,391 ft
• Llanito Frio Campground7,882 ft
• Los Pinos8,346 ft
• Lower Hondo Campground7,856 ft
• Rio De Los Pinos Cg8,316 ft
• Santa Barbara8,855 ft
• Trout Lakes Campground9,214 ft
• Twining9,476 ft
• Twining Campground11,114 ft
• Upper La Junta Campground9,123 ft

U.S. Forest Service39 camps

• Agua Piedra Cg8,529 ft · fee
• Agua Piedra Group Area8,481 ft · fee
• Amole Group Shelter8,294 ft · fee
• Capilla Peak9,245 ft · fee
• Cedro Peak7,368 ft · fee
• Cibola National Forest7,685 ft · notes
• Cimarron9,491 ft · fee
• Columbine7,870 ft · fee
• Comales8,028 ft · fee
• Dipping Vat7,455 ft · fee
• Echo Amphitheater6,613 ft · fee
• Fourth Of July7,499 ft · fee
• Gallinas Group Site6,856 ft
• Gila National Forest7,115 ft · notes
• Gila National Forest7,626 ft · notes
• Gila National Forest5,564 ft · fee · notes
• Goat Hill7,834 ft · fee
• Harding County5,133 ft · notes
• Holy Ghost (Group Campground)8,237 ft · fee
• Hopewell Cg9,771 ft · fee
• In Gila National Forest6,620 ft · notes
• Jacks Creek (Group Cg)8,997 ft · fee
• Lincoln National Forest5,750 ft · notes
• Lincoln National Forest7,516 ft · notes
• Lincoln National Forest6,548 ft · notes
• Lower Canjilon Lakes Cg9,847 ft · fee
• Mccrystal8,111 ft · fee
• Mesa6,144 ft · fee
• New Canyon Campground7,042 ft
• Oak Grove8,450 ft · fee
• Panchuela8,347 ft · fee
• Pines8,642 ft · fee
• Red Canyon7,700 ft · fee
• Rio De Las Vacas8,237 ft · fee
• Silver Overflow8,999 ft · fee
• South Fork7,488 ft · fee
• Three Rivers6,355 ft · fee
• Upper End6,052 ft · fee
• Water Canyon Group Site6,912 ft · fee

Gila National Forest39 camps

• Aeroplane Mesa Campground7,986 ft
• Alum Camp5,483 ft
• Apache Creek Campground6,414 ft
• Armijo Springs Campground7,840 ft
• Ben Lilly Campground8,017 ft
• Bighorn Campground4,788 ft
• Black Canyon Campground - Lower6,750 ft
• Black Canyon Campground - Upper6,761 ft
• Cherry Creek Campground6,801 ft
• Cosmic5,356 ft
• Cottonwood Campground5,809 ft
• El Caso 57,782 ft
• El Caso I-III Campground7,696 ft
• El Caso Throwdown Campground7,740 ft
• Forks Campground5,606 ft
• Gallinas Campground - Upper6,912 ft
• Grapevine Campground5,540 ft
• Gwynn Tank7,787 ft
• Head of the Ditch Campground7,171 ft
• Iron Creek Campground7,206 ft
• Juniper Campground7,704 ft
• Kingston Campground6,169 ft
• Lower Black Canyon6,734 ft
• Lower Scorpion Campground5,695 ft
• McMillan Campground6,969 ft
• Piñon Campground7,887 ft
• Pueblo Park Campground6,166 ft
• Quemado Lake - El Caso Cg #17,682 ft
• Quemado Lake - El Caso Cg #37,706 ft
• Railroad Canyon Campground7,053 ft
• Rocky Canyon Campground7,388 ft
• Sapillo Group Area Campground6,249 ft
• South Fork Negrito Campground7,451 ft
• Upper Scorpion Campground5,695 ft
• USFS dispersed camp — Catron County, NM6,220 ft
• Valle Tio Vinces Campground8,127 ft
• Willow Creek Campground7,915 ft
• Wolf Hollow7,838 ft
• Wolf Hollow Campground7,798 ft

Santa Fe National Forest29 camps

• Aspen Basin Campground10,209 ft
• Big Tesuque Campground9,703 ft
• Black Canyon Campground8,391 ft
• Borrego Mesa8,728 ft
• Borrego Mesa Campground8,716 ft
• Clear Creek Campground Group Area8,404 ft
• Cowles Campground8,217 ft
• Coyote Canyon Camping Area7,976 ft
• Dalton Dispersed7,256 ft
• Davis Willow8,159 ft
• Davis Willow Dispersed Camping Area7,913 ft
• E.V. Long Campground7,474 ft
• El Porvenir Campground7,503 ft
• Field Tract Campground7,374 ft · fee
• Holy Ghost Campground8,130 ft · fee
• Iron Gate Campground9,374 ft
• Jacks Creek Campground8,890 ft
• Jacks Creek Horse Camp8,821 ft
• Jemez Falls Campground7,986 ft · fee
• Johnson Mesa Campground9,489 ft
• Links Tract Campground8,168 ft
• Paliza Family Campground (N)6,806 ft
• Paliza Group Campground (S)6,745 ft
• Redondo Campground8,102 ft
• Resumidero Camping Area8,942 ft
• Rio Chama Campground6,414 ft
• Rio Puerco Campground8,150 ft
• San Antonio Campground7,775 ft
• Vista Linda Campground5,848 ft

Cibola National Forest21 camps

• Bear Trap Campground8,540 ft
• Bosque8,056 ft
• Bosque Campground8,566 ft
• Cedro Peak Group Campground7,486 ft
• Coal Mine Campground7,450 ft · fee
• Fourth of July Campground7,568 ft · fee
• Hughes Mill Campground8,122 ft
• John F Kennedy6,220 ft
• Lobo Canyon Campground7,435 ft
• Luna Park Campground6,802 ft
• McGaffey Campground7,774 ft
• New Canyon7,783 ft
• Ojo Redondo8,847 ft
• Ojo Redondo Campground8,816 ft
• Quaking Aspen Campground7,596 ft · fee
• Red Canyon Campground, Upper7,951 ft
• Red Cloud -New7,253 ft
• Red Cloud Campground7,005 ft
• Springtime Campground7,448 ft
• Tajique Campground6,929 ft
• Water Canyon Group Campground6,905 ft

Lincoln National Forest20 camps

• Apache Campground8,888 ft
• Aspen Group Campground8,880 ft
• Baca Campground6,403 ft
• Bonito Creek7,720 ft
• Deerhead Campground8,708 ft
• James Canyon Campground6,775 ft
• Karr Canyon Lower7,823 ft
• Karr Canyon Upper9,322 ft
• Lower Fir Group Campground8,686 ft
• Lower Karr Canyon Campground7,815 ft
• Monjeau Campground9,414 ft
• Oak Grove Campground8,352 ft
• Saddle Campground8,938 ft
• Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground6,995 ft
• Silver Campground9,008 ft
• Skyline Campground9,004 ft
• Sleepy Grass Campground8,932 ft · fee
• Slide Group Campground8,812 ft
• Three Rivers Campground6,387 ft · fee
• USFS dispersed camp — Lincoln County, NM9,005 ft

Municipal4 camps

• Jal Lake Park RV Area (Jal)3,014 ft · notes
• Randolph Rampy Park (Tatum)3,997 ft · notes
• San Jon Municipal Park (San Jon)4,026 ft · notes
• Veterans Park (Lordsburg)4,366 ft · notes

NPS4 camps

• El Morro Campground7,203 ft
• Gallo Campground6,220 ft · fee
• Juniper Family Campground6,676 ft · fee
• Ponderosa Group Campground7,591 ft · fee

Elsewhere in New Mexico3 camps

• Mills Canyon Rim Campground5,759 ft
• Otero County6,625 ft · notes
• Peloncillo Mountains Dispersed Camping5,932 ft