Dispersed camping is a great way to enjoy the experience of camping away from developed campgrounds. Keep in mind, there are no picnic tables, drinking water, or toilets available. Choosing sites that have already been used as camp areas is a good way to limit resource damage to one area, rather than creating new camps.

New Jack Road

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There are several established camping spots along the first mile or so of this road, heading south from Turkey Springs Road.  Plenty of room for travel trailers or tents.
There was almost no vehicle traffic past our camp site, so it was nice and quiet.
There’s a ton of hiking and mountain biking trails in close proximity.

Peaceful location

We rolled in about 5 pm on a Thursday and there were plenty of open sites.  Big sites that are pretty flat with existing stone fireplace rings on all sites we saw.  Only saw one person walking their dog and a couple of cars pass on the road.  Very quiet, was a peaceful night.

Remote, nice and quiet

Super easy to find, travel, and stay. Loved the tall trees and beautiful wildflowers. Despite the rain sites aren’t too muddy for our campervan. Dirt load leading in little bumpy but easy to drive. We stayed about half mile short of the coordinates. Barely any Verizon service. Fire rings, open space, nice fresh air, close to pagosa springs. Would stay again. 

Easy and beautiful

Down a dirt road, you get to where you make a turn, and immediately you’ll start seeing unimproved site.  The better sites appear to be closest to that turn, but if you keep driving you’ll find plenty of sites not within earshot of anyone else.

One think I noticed with ATT service you’ll get 2, sometimes 3 bars by my location (below).  As I drove the road I was seeing mostly 1-2 bars.

Bring your own everything and enjoy the peaceful and quiet!


Long road, lots of choices!

area is pretty rocky so i would be careful with a ground tent. We stayed in our van and it was great. 

Photos of New Jack Road

Real photos from real campers