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Little Creel

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Fishing and wading in the Rio Chama draw campers to Little Creel, a full-hookup RV park on the river's edge in Chama, New Mexico. Sites run up to 68 feet, with electric, water, and sewer connections, plus WiFi, showers, and a dump station on-site. Spaces are close together, as reviewers note, and some sites along the creek cost more but may have limited water views due to electrical infrastructure nearby. Space 20 in particular has drawn complaints. Cottonwood trees provide shade on select sites. Campers visiting in July and August should pack rain gear for afternoon thunderstorms, which move through regularly during monsoon season.

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Map & DirectionsLittle Creel is located in New Mexico near Chama

RV Park

Directions

From jct Hwy 17 & US 64/84: Go 3/4 mi S on US 64/84.

Address

2631 S Highway 84-64
Chama, NM 87520

Coordinates

36.8725199 N
106.58257828 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site

Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Cabins

Features

For Campers

Market
ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Reservable
WiFi
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Sewer Hookups
Water Hookups
Pull-Through Sites
50 Amp Hookups
Big Rig Friendly

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Reservations

Drive Time

1 hr 44 min from Santa Fe, NM
1 hr 58 min from Farmington, NM
2 hrs 33 min from Albuquerque, NM
3 hrs 22 min from Pueblo, CO

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Reviews3 Camper Reviews - Little Creel

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3 Reviews

Many campers appreciated the clean facilities and helpful on-site owners near the Chama River. Some visitors expressed concerns about closely spaced sites and electrical infrastructure blocking creek access in certain spots.

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Mike H.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 11, 2022

Average RV Park

Spaces are fairly close together and lots of people as one would expect at an RV park. It is along the Chama River and some decent shade if your space is in the cottonwoods. We stayed here due to all the NM National Forests being closed due to fire danger.

Site30

Month of VisitJune

Melody M.

Guide

Reviewed Jun. 27, 2021

Larger RV Park

This is a larger RV Park. They provide full hookups, spaces for tent camping, and some small cottages. I have not used their restrooms, but the laundry is clean and reasonably priced. Many of the spaces are pretty close together, but we’ve had worse! They have nice picnic tables and fire pits. There is a creek that runs behind the park and the spaces along this creek cost more. We stayed in Space 20; which is supposed to have the creek behind it (so we paid more), but there’s a bunch of electrical boxes there so you can’t see it or access it and there’s also a huge manhole sticking up in our space! So don’t take Space 20 unless you are desperate! That is the reason for my 4 rating. The grass is sparse, but there are big grassy areas throughout the park. Some of the spaces have the shade of large trees. I would stay here again, but would avoid #20.

Site20

Month of VisitJune

Andy O.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018

Great RV Park

Joined the family down in Chama, NM for a fun 4-day, 3-night stay at this RV park. Good size RV park with all the amenities you need to camp with your RV, Tent or rent a cabin. Friendly staff and clean restrooms and showers. The owners have a spot right at the park and are very nice. Rio Chama river runs right next to the park so you can fish or wade through the creek. We have a roof top tent so we reserved a back in RV site. We were parked right next to the power sub-stations so at night we heard buzzing from the electrical boxes. The owner allowed us to move to the tent sites so that solved that issue. We didn't need any of the hookups so no biggie. They had no problem with us moving there. No bugs and the temperature was reasonable in the 80s and cooled down to 60-55 at night. Pack rain gear if you're camping in July/Aug because the monsoon flows up with some pretty good t-storms. Chama is a nice little town that draws train riders from all over to ride The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad into Colorado.

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