Best Campgrounds near Capitan, NM

This campground is clean and well maintained. The downside is there is no grass. We travel with our dogs, and the gravel is large, and the dogs struggled to find potty spots. Hosts were nice, and the campground was well maintained.

I picked a spot way up at the top - it was very well maintained and clean. I didn’t use the laundry or showers. We used to to access white sands, Carlsbad and Roswell. Ruidoso is an amazing city that we fell in love with. Great places to eat - cafe rio, hall of flame, and Anaheim jacks being three of them. Donna, the manager of the park is very sweet and accommodating. Joe, who does maintenance and shows you to your place is a great guy and makes sure you are settled. The only reason I took off is for the construction noise being at the edge of the park - they are developing something along the back and they worked all week long starting at 6a. It should be done by the time you get there. Maybe call Donna and she will get you a good place - I used Campspot for the booking.

We ended up dispersed camping just down the road from this campground as all sites in and immediately around the campground were full. We opted to drive over a ridge and suddenly we were out of site of the main road and any other campers. The privacy and views were great! As other reviews have mentioned there are only 4 sites with more dispersed sites scattered on the road in and out of the campground. We got great views of Sierra Blanca. Best stars we have seen in a long while. High clearance would be needed and for a trailer a creative turn around could be required.

After half a week of boondocking we were in need of showers and laundry. This was our first time at a KOA. It was clean, quiet, and extremely convenient to White Sands National Park. The staff were super helpful and friendly. Our kids enjoyed the playground.

We visited on spring break with our 6 and 4 year olds. We scored one of the pull through sites with hookups after not finding a spot at Valley of Fires.

The bathroom facilities were very clean and well kept. This was a great place to camp and we really enjoyed the petroglyphs and the nearby village ruins. As a bonus our kids could run around and play where we could still see them. The view was breathtaking (mountains by day and clear stars by night).

National forest, public land, dispersed camping. Pit toilet, bear proof trash cans. Easy pull off hwy 54 onto good gravel road.

Good little camp ground..stow your food away from tent had a bear visit while there..also the road getting there is prone to flash floods

Stopped in for one night for a cross country trip.

First KOA experience and it was amazing!

Bathroom ✅ Showers (small stalls) ✅ Laundry ✅ Store on site ✅ Nice privacy walls ✅

It’s very close to white sands main gate. The staff was very friendly and the campground was clean and manacured. The sell propane there and other odd and end things.

BEWARE: March is “Windy season”. We got caught on the first day of it I think! Big gusty winds at night for us. The drive there can get dangerous and could possibly expect a bumpy night in a camper there! Other than that it was a amazing experience!

This is not a concrete snowbird parking lot. It’s a campground with utilities. Comfortable and quiet for a reasonable price. The star gazing is fantastic.

This is a very run down park, do not stop here! We stopped to dump and was told by the manager to go dump anywhere and then as soon as we dumped, it started back filling out. Then a lady came up to us and told us they were having sewer problems. Crazy that the manager would tell us yes when he knew it wouldn’t work for us.

Lots of dispersed camping along A027, with some being very private. The main site mentioned here also has bathroom facilities. It was a bit crowded, so I chose a private spot up the road with no issues. Beautiful area!

Local to everything in Alamogordo. Propane available, laundry, cabins, hot as hell showers, water pressure is really high at around 155 psi. So definitely bring a regulator. Two KOA cats that are friendly so FYI

Everyone was super nice! Place was well kept and clean. Note: there is lots of railroad train coming by throughout the evening WiFi could be better. White Sands National Park is very close.

The pictures I saw didn’t do this park justice. That’s a switch. Yeah, the RV spots are gravel. But it’s southern New Mexico. There is an actual spring here. The trees around it have a couple of Great Horned owls who have come out nightly. But it’s the New Mexico sunsets and stars that make this such a nice place. Good price for full hook ups, and John our host is a really nice guy

Campsites are to close, Camp host DO NOT keep the quite hours. Parties destroy the quite. Parties going until 2AM.
Actually not really sure what the camp host does, they started a leaf blower during morning quit hours ( I could stay home for that). 

Saddle and Apache are nice with campsites further apart....but stay away from silver.
On a good note, if you are in Cloudcroft go to Mad Jacks BBQ.....the Beef Ribs are AWESOME, it is REAL TEXAS bbq.

This was a beautiful location, near the town of Cloudcroft. We enjoyed the cooler weather up in the mountains. It was peaceful and quite. There were not very many spaces available. We should have have just stayed in the first location we found though. We went to the end of the road to find out that there was no way to turn our 29 ft trailer. We had to go in reverse about 1/4 mile to find a place to turn around.

Wanted to spend one nite in rivian with rooftop tent. Were told we are not allowed to plug-in our electric vehicle.

We have a 30 foot motor home and were so glad to find a dispersed spot in the mountains we could fit!

Rim Trails and Alamo Peak Trails in walking distance. There were other campers nearby but it was quiet and beautiful.

No cell service except for a few bars down the road toward Alamo Peak.

Elk, hummingbirds, all tucked away in aspen grove. This is a special spot.

Wrong time of year too come to Baca , snow covered. Able too park , spent one nite. Saw one other camper maybe two hundred yards away. Very quite. I’ll be back when the weather warms up for sure.