Best Tent Camping: New Mexico

Offering essential details and easy-to-read maps, Best Tent Camping: New Mexico presents 50 of the state’s best campgrounds for car campers.

Perfect Camping for You in New Mexico!

The Land of Enchantment provides a spectacular backdrop for some of the most scenic campgrounds in the country. But do you know which campgrounds offer the most privacy? Which are the best for first-time campers? Amaris Feland Ketcham traversed the entire state—from the rugged beauty of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the arid and peaceful Chihuahuan Desert—and compiled the most up-to-date research to steer you to the perfect spot!

Best Tent Camping: New Mexico presents 50 national park, state park, national forest, and state recreation area campgrounds, organized into three distinct regions. Selections are based on location, topography, size, and overall appeal, and every site is rated for beauty, privacy, spaciousness, safety and security, and cleanliness—so you’ll always know what to expect. The new full-color edition of this proven guidebook provides everything you need to know, with detailed maps of each campground and key information such as fees, restrictions, dates of operation, and facilities, as well as driving directions and GPS coordinates.

Whether you seek a quiet campground near a fish-filled stream or a family campground with all the amenities, grab Best Tent Camping: New Mexico. It’s an escape for all who wish to find those special locales that recharge the mind, body, and spirit. This guide is a keeper.

Northern New Mexico

• Bandelier National Monument: Juniper Campground
• Black Canyon Campground
• Blackjack Campground
• Canjilon Lakes Campgrounds
• Chaco Culture National Historic Park: Gallo Campground
• Clear Creek Camground
• Cochiti Lake Campgrounds
• Columbine Campground
• Coyote Creek State Park
• Elephant Rock Campground
• Fawn Lakes Campground
• Fenton Lake State Park
• Holy Ghost Campground
• Hopewell Lake Campground
• Iron Gate Campground
• Jemez Falls Campground
• Paliza Family Campground
• Panchuela Campground
• Rio Chama Campground
• Rio Grande del Norte National Monument: Orilla Verde Campgrounds
• Rio Grande del Norte National Monument: Wild Rivers Campgrounds
• Rio de las Vacas Campground
• San Antonio Campground
• Santa Barbara Campground
• Sugarite Canyon State Park
• Valle Vidal Campgrounds
• Villanueva State Park

Southeastern New Mexico

• Aquirre Springs Recreation Area
• Caballo Lake State Park
• Deerhead Campground
• Fourth of July Campground
• Oak Grove Campground
• Percha Dam State Park
• Pines Campground
• Red Canyon Campground
• Sleepy Grass Campground
• Sumner Lake State Park
• Valley of Fires Recreation Area
• White Sands National Park

Southwestern New Mexico

• Apache Creek Campground
• City of Rocks State Park
• Datil Well Campground
• Dipping Vat Campground at Snow Lake
• El Malpais National Conservation Area: Joe Skeen Campground
• El Morro National Monument
• Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
• Juniper Campground
• Pinon Campground
• Pueblo Park Campground
• Water Canyon Campground