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$15 - $27 / night
"Mostly quiet (except when they emptied the dumpster at 5am on Monday morning) and peaceful. We have Passport America so the price is right. Full hookups."
$7 / night
"Twelve level spots, many right along the Gipa River, shaded by large Cottonwood trees. Each site has a picnic table and a fire ring. I loved it here!"
"Beautiful area with cliff dwellings nearby you can walk through and around. We love the Gila Hot Springs!"
"CTRV is a quiet, adult oriented, RV park in the pines of Alpine. This is a very nice, easy access CG with level back-in gravel sites. It is a great base camp to visit the area."
$25 - $35 / night
"Perfect location to leave our trailer and go out exploring!"
"Nice Park just outside/south of the Gila National forest. Perfect spot if one wants to park and then drive into the Kila forest or cliff dwellings."
"Everything is clean, spacious, and peaceful with gorgeous views all around. They truly go above and beyond to make you feel welcome and at home."
$6 - $29 / night
"I pull a 37ft gooseneck horse trailer that is now used for camping. No amenities but next best thing to camping in a tent."
"Quiet ranch in the mountains of Gila National Forest. Must be prepared for a very steep grade drive with switchbacks. Beautiful scenery with sheep and horses."
"Clean pit toilets, beautiful sky views, quiet. I parked in one of the main spots with picnic tables but if you keep driving there are more spots secluded away from the bathroom! Happy :)"
"Nice sites, fire pit and picnic table, not much privacy, but there weren’t many people here in the winter. There are toilets, but no garbage. Surprisingly great cell coverage too."
"Sites were easily accessible and our site had some flat ground and a fire ring."
"No other amenities, including no trash, so pack out what you bring in. I was able to snag one bar of cell service if I held my phone just right."
"We were able to see the milky way (faint), satellites, and 3 shooting stars, all in about an hour."
"Only about 7 small trailer sites, 2 tent sites,pit toilet, no trash. Dispersed sites around campground. Dark sky. 5g cell. We camped dispersed one night."
LegendInternational cosmic campground: Beautiful scenery. Beautiful views. No water availability. Concrete pads for telescopes. (Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good
(71 yr olds in 17’ trailer.)
Overall Rating: 3 for camp site layout 5 for dispersed sites
Security: No
Usage during visit: very full during weekday
Site Privacy: No
Site Spacing: close
Pad surface: Gravel
Outside Road Noise: far from highway , no highway noise problem
Through Traffic in campground: No
Electric Hookup: No
Sewer Hookup: No
Dump Station: no
Potable Water Available: i did not see available water.
Generators: yes
Bathroom: Pit toilet
Showers: no
Pull Throughs: All are back in.
Solar: Good in sites
Insects: not an issue during our Spril visit
Sites: sites in the campground are tight. Some dispersed camping nearby looks pretty nice. Some are close enough to use the bathroom.
GuideWooded wonderland. Fire rings, picnic tables, potable water access and toilets. Elk were bugling at dusk! Large pull in spots fit our 36' class A with slide out just fine. Downside is that it's just off 191 so road noise until 9pm and as of 7am, but not bad.
LegendWe spent 8-nights here (June 7-15, 2022). CTRV is a quiet, adult oriented, RV park in the pines of Alpine. This is a very nice, easy access CG with level back-in gravel sites. It is a great base camp to visit the area. There are plenty local attractions: lakes, rivers and streams, wilderness and national forests. Activities include: fishing, biking (wish I brought my mtn bike), hiking/walking and ATV trails. The elk herds out number the cattle– a morning and evening spectacle! We did not make use of the laundry, bathrooms or showers. The WiFi was good as was cell phone reception (we lost both for 2-1/2 days due to a fiber optic cable break near Show Low/Springerville).
The owners, Sherrie and Paul, are awesome! We would definitely stay here again.
(Side note: Coronado Trails Cabins is NOT affiliated with CTRV)
GuideLovely area in western NM. Many spaces to set up and hunker down for a night or two. The general lack of amenities probably precludes a long term stay for most. Access to the rest of the forest and great hiking on a dirt road headed south. Lower elevation than other areas nearby so it stays snow free through the winter for the most part.
The general store nearby is also a nice plus. No T-Mobile cell service anywhere in the area though.
LegendApache Creek CG: Apache Creek store is right across the street. Up the road an eighth of a mile. Ice is available there.
(71 yr olds in 17’ trailer.)
Overall Rating: 5 for a one night stop over Security: no Usage during visit: light Site Spacing: Spread out campsites Pad surface: dirt Reservations: Looks to be first come first serve. Campground Noise: Quiet Outside Road Noise: no Through Traffic in campground: No Electric Hookup: no Sewer Hookup: no Dump Station: no Potable Water Available: I did not see any water spigots. Generators: allowed Bathroom: Vault toilet Showers: no Pull Throughs: yes Setting: in open Ponderosa Forest and deciduous trees. Solar: Sites look to have nice solar Rig Size: Large rigs Sites: All sites are pretty nice.
TravelerThis campground is really nice for being free. There is a very clean bathroom with vault toilets and there are a couple sm water spigots. Some sites have picnic tables and all have some sort of fire pit. It's good to have a trash bag handy to pack out your trash, as there is no trash service up there. Some spots are a little awkward as you might have to walk through someone else's site to get to/from your car. It is within walking distance of several trailheads in the national forest and the cliff dwellings, so that is super convenient. If you want firewood, there is a little store a few miles back down the road run by some very friendly folks.
GuideThis was a great find! Perfect location to leave our trailer and go out exploring! Cliff Dwellings, hot springs, cat walk, farmers market, super cute old fashion bar and opera house Pinos Altos
Lots of pull throughs, clean showers, friendly host! Laundry great too! This is a gem, quiet and peaceful to boot!!
TravelerNice campground with about 10 sites. With concrete picnic tables, and a fire ring. Vault toilets, hiking trails, and with cell signal. No hookups. Curative camping at its finest
GuideSapillo Creek lies straddling the original branch of the CDT. This is a free, national forest dispersed campsite with a couple pit toilets and very few other amenities, no cell signal either. Easily accessible from NM-35 and near a couple of general stores in Lake Roberts (10 minute drive north) and Mimbres (15 minute drive south).
Popular with the local crowd during peak camping/ATV season, so be mindful that there might be some related noise during the summer; but generally sees little use during winter and the shoulder seasons.
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