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Free and paid camping in New Mexico

251 camps in New Mexico: 202 free, 49 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 →

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Carson National Forest52 camps

Agua Piedra Campground8,416 ft
Agua Piedra Cg8,529 ft · fee
Agua Piedra Group Area8,481 ft · fee
Amole Group Shelter8,294 ft · fee
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
Cimarron9,491 ft · fee
Columbine7,870 ft · fee
Comales8,028 ft · fee
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
Echo Amphitheater6,613 ft · fee
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 Hill7,834 ft · fee
Goat Hill Campground7,674 ft · fee
Hodges Dispersed Recreation Area8,434 ft
Hopewell Cg9,771 ft · fee
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 Canjilon Lakes Cg9,847 ft · fee
Lower Hondo Campground7,856 ft
Mccrystal8,111 ft · fee
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

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 · fee
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 · fee
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 · fee
Rob Jaggers Camping Area6,215 ft · fee
Sabinoso Wilderness Area5,860 ft
San Lorenzo Canyon5,178 ft
Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area6,334 ft · fee
Simon Canyon Area Of Critical Environmental Concern5,696 ft
Sunset Reef3,595 ft
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site4,997 ft · fee
Valley of Fires Recreation Area5,238 ft · fee

Gila National Forest46 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
Dipping Vat7,455 ft · fee
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
Gila National Forest7,115 ft · notes
Gila National Forest7,626 ft · notes
Gila National Forest5,564 ft · fee · notes
Grapevine Campground5,540 ft
Gwynn Tank7,787 ft
Head of the Ditch Campground7,171 ft
In Gila National Forest6,620 ft · notes
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
Mesa6,144 ft · fee
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 End6,052 ft · fee
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 Forest33 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 (Group Campground)8,237 ft · fee
Holy Ghost Campground8,130 ft · fee
Iron Gate Campground9,374 ft
Jacks Creek (Group Cg)8,997 ft · fee
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
Panchuela8,347 ft · fee
Redondo Campground8,102 ft
Resumidero Camping Area8,942 ft
Rio Chama Campground6,414 ft
Rio De Las Vacas8,237 ft · fee
Rio Puerco Campground8,150 ft
San Antonio Campground7,775 ft
Vista Linda Campground5,848 ft

Cibola National Forest28 camps

Lincoln National Forest28 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
Lincoln National Forest5,750 ft · notes
Lincoln National Forest7,516 ft · notes
Lincoln National Forest6,548 ft · notes
Lower Fir Group Campground8,686 ft
Lower Karr Canyon Campground7,815 ft
Monjeau Campground9,414 ft
Oak Grove8,450 ft · fee
Oak Grove Campground8,352 ft
Otero County6,625 ft · notes
Pines8,642 ft · fee
Saddle Campground8,938 ft
Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground6,995 ft
Silver Campground9,008 ft
Silver Overflow8,999 ft · fee
Skyline Campground9,004 ft
Sleepy Grass Campground8,932 ft · fee
Slide Group Campground8,812 ft
South Fork7,488 ft · fee
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

National Park Service4 camps

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

U.S. Forest Service3 camps

Elsewhere in New Mexico2 camps

Mills Canyon Rim Campground5,759 ft
Peloncillo Mountains Dispersed Camping5,932 ft