Appaloosa Area, near Caballo Lake State Park, is a well-equipped campground that caters to both tent and RV campers. With sites featuring water and electric hookups, it’s a practical choice for those looking to enjoy the great outdoors without sacrificing comfort.

Visitors have praised the clean facilities, including spotless bathrooms and convenient trash disposal. One camper noted, “The bathrooms are spotless!” which speaks volumes about the upkeep here. The campground also offers lovely picnic tables under gazebos, perfect for enjoying meals while soaking in the beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and the lake.

For those eager to explore, the nearby towns of Truth or Consequences, Hillsboro, and Hatch offer plenty of sightseeing opportunities. Campers have enjoyed short walking trails around the park and even a soak in the hot springs nearby. As one reviewer mentioned, “Dark enough with no moon to see the Milky Way—a rare treat these days.” 

While the ground can be a bit rocky, making it less ideal for tent camping, the overall experience is enhanced by the friendly camp hosts and the daily patrols by rangers. Whether you're here for a weekend or a longer stay, Appaloosa Area provides a welcoming atmosphere and a chance to connect with nature.

Apaloosa campground has 23 sites that are tent and RV friendly with 30 am hookups, water, toilets and is pet friendly. No showers at this location. But it is located within walking distance to Caballo Lake and has pull through sites with electric and water to accomodate motorhomes, travel trailers, 5th wheels or tent camping

Appaloosa Campground — Caballo Lake State Park

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I come out here to mostly kayak, fish & walk my dogs. Kayaking is best when the sunrises because you get a beautiful view of it rising behind the mountains. My dogs enjoy exploring the surrounding area.

Caballo lake state park,NM

nice area, near Truth or Consequences. we camped with water and electric for a few days then parked down on the lake and primitive camped for a few more...fire pits, grills, covered picnic tables..clean bathrooms..

paradise in the desert

Were there in mid February. At the Appaloosa campground. Nice campground. We only had 30 amp, but that didn't seem to be a problem. Nice, covered picnic table/patio. Beautiful view of the mountains and Lake. Lovely sunsets.(look for the elephant shadow on the mountain at sunset). Serenaded by mourning doves and flocks or overflying geese. Not much around, but did have a nice soak in the Hot Springs in Truth or Consequences. Short, easy walking trails around park. Descent bathrooms and showers. Dark enough with no moon to see the Milky Way- a rare treat these days. Would stay again.

  

When we left we drove through a kitchy little town called Hatch, might want to check that out next time.

Beautiful Views

Campsites are well sized and maintained. Bathrooms not open. Beautiful lake. Close to beautiful Gila National Forest. Ride on hwy 152 was awesome. Close to Elephant Butte’s perfect beaches. W/E. There are a few FHU. 

Level, stone covered sites. Picnic tables under gazebo covering. Various levels of hookups. FHU to none. Ours has H2O and electric. Walking distance from lake. Garbage containers in each separate campground. 

Nice

Quiet campgrounds a bit on top of each other but the services are excellent 

Caballo state park

The park is on the lake it's named after. They have a brand new visitor Center opened yesterday December 11, 2021. There are views of the lake and the nearby mountains. The sites are spacious and spread out on flat level gravel. There are a few tall trees but there are shrubs and some small Juniper and Pinyon tree's. It is not far off of I 25. There is another state park within 10 miles on the other side of the dam. You can sometimes hear highway noise from 817. You can see the traffic on I-25.

Great wide open spacious gravel flat areas

After spending 10 days here, it's time to give a review!  We stayed at site 12, in the Appaloosa campground.  The sites are all pull through  with water, electric (20 amp and 30 amp), and shelter; and the dump station. surrounded by a cactus garden, makes the nasty job of dumping a little more palatable ;-).   The Rangers drive through daily, as well as, the camp hosts checking the surroundings.  The bathrooms are spotless!  There are many activities and sight seeing opportunities to visit in the nearby towns of T &amp; C, Hillsboro, and Hatch, to name a few.  We don't believe you'll be disappointed staying here. We will be returning!

Clean campground, friendly camp hosts, and courteous Rangers

Very helpful staff. The place was very clean and spacious. There are plenty of places to hike and fish. Great place to take the family to create memories.  

Very nice place. 

Stayed at the Appaloosa Campground. Was surprised when we should up that we had water. Electric works great. Ground is pretty hard and rocky so wouldn’t be good for tent camping.

Good Campground

When I called about availability we were told there were a lot of dry spots available. Works for us! When we got there the person at gate had no idea where the campgrounds were and would not let us check out sites without paying for day use. The campground had water shutoff on Memorial Day weekend. No bathrooms or showers. 

Management aside, this place is gorgeous. We dry camped by lake right under mountains. Would not pay for campground with no water but for $10 to dry camp by the water, love it. 

Great T-Mobile service. Easy to access. 

Beautiful place

This is a pretty normal lake campground. Not a lot of shade or privacy but picnic tables and covered outdoor spaces. There are bathrooms close by and they seem fine. Quiet during the off season and nice hiking trails.

Flat spots with hook ups

This is a campsite predominantly for RV and fifth wheels, but can accommodate tent camping. It’s quite expensive for an overnight camp outing but also doesn’t shut the gate to set up late at night. The morning is gorgeous looking over the lake…can’t find many hikes around it though.

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