RV Camping near Quemado, NM

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    Quemado Lake Recreation Area offers several RV camping options with Juniper Campground providing electric hookups, picnic tables and water connections. Pinon Campground includes water hookups, sanitary dump station and accommodates recreational vehicles with reservable sites. El Caso Campground features spacious sites under scattered trees with pull-through options suitable for larger rigs. Springerville RV Park, located about 30 miles west in Arizona, provides full hookups including 50-amp service, sewer connections and big-rig friendly sites with fresh gravel. "The Springville RV Park is well spread out with very nice pull-through down the middle and equally spacious back-in on both sides. The whole campground is graded level with fresh gravel each spring, which makes it nice to park."

    Dump stations are limited in the immediate area, with a $5 fee at Pinon Campground near Quemado Lake. Cell service varies significantly throughout the region, with many campgrounds having limited or no coverage. According to one visitor, "There is a dump and water station a mile away with a $5.00 charge to dump." Winter camping options are restricted, as most Quemado Lake campgrounds operate seasonally from mid-May through mid-September. El Morro RV Park in Ramah provides year-round full hookup sites with 30/50-amp service approximately 25 miles north of Quemado. Pie Town RV Park offers electric, water and sewer hookups for travelers passing through on Highway 60. Most RV parks in the region accommodate pets, though specific restrictions may apply at certain locations.

    Best RV Campgrounds near Quemado (26)

      1. Pie Town RV Park

      3.5(2)21mi from QuemadoRVs

      "Very quiet. Everything you need to camp. The town when we visited only had one coffee shop open. Wi-Fi worked well. Easy pull thru."

      2. Springerville RV Park

      4.6(5)45mi from QuemadoRVs, Tents

      "The Springville RV Park is well spread out very nice pull through down the middle and equally spacious back in on both sides of the pull through spots. Full hookups 30amp 50amp and 20amp power poll."

      "Clean laundry, clean grounds. Good electricity and water pressure. Only one wifi spot near office. Super nice folks. Verizon 5G is strong but slowish. Close to town."

      3. Gristmill Farms RV Park

      5.0(2)47mi from QuemadoRVs

      "Reservations online but only regular size sites, only a few large 5th wheel/ motorhome sites. No showers but has small nice laundry room."

      from $45 / night

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      4. El Morro RV Park and Cabins

      4.0(3)49mi from QuemadoRVs, Tents, Cabins, Glamping

      "Friendly people, creative vibe, nice campground, cozy cabins, full hookups for RVs, beautiful spot, free-range chickens, pet friendly, plus a yurt with enchanting wind chimes, spiritual labyrinth, a gong"

      "Decent clean shower house. Full camper hookups. It is just minutes from El Morro Nat’l Monument and close to Mal Pais Volcano flows. I recommend the place."

      from $30 - $94 / night

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      5. Juniper Campground (Quemado Lake) — Gila National Forest

      3.0(3)14mi from Quemado36 sitesRVs, Tents

      "Most of our time was spent exploring the baths and trails around ojo itself the following day before moving on to Santa Fe. Take the trails first!!"

      from $15 - $25 / night

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      6. Alpine Village RV Park

      4.0(1)50mi from QuemadoRVs

      "After finding our first and second and third choices unavailable, we pulled in Alpine RV park It looked like a long-term resident RV Park, with closely placed RVs and lots of semi-permanent additions."

      7. Pinon - Quemado Lake

      Be the first to review14mi from Quemado25 sitesRVs, Tents

      from $15 - $125 / night

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      8. Jackson Park Campground

      4.0(4)22mi from QuemadoRVs, Tents

      "Drive past the campground sign and you can find many places to camp. It's dusty and a little noise from the highway, other than that is private and quiet."

      "It’s close to the not-very-busy highway. Easily accessible when dry, almost certainly would require AWD/4WD if muddy."

      9. Come Back Ranch Animal Sanctuary RV Parking

      Be the first to review46mi from QuemadoRVs

      from $21 - $550 / night

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      10. Bear Paw RV Park

      3.7(3)47mi from QuemadoRVs, Tents

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    RV Park Reviews near Quemado, NM

    122 Reviews of 26 Quemado Campgrounds


    • Craig & Linda  L.The Dyrt PRO User
      Jun. 29, 2022

      Springerville RV Park

      No local TV, only online, poor wifi

      The Springville RV Park is well spread out very nice pull through down the middle and equally spacious back in on both sides of the pull through spots. Full hookups 30amp 50amp and 20amp power poll. The water spickets are in an under ground, green lawn sprinklers control box with an insulation blankets. Because this place does get snow in the winters. Don't want the water pipes to freeze. Don't think there is a decated dump station. But every campsite does have its own dump station. The whole campground is graded level with fresh gravel each spring. Which makes it nice to park and to get leavel you just have to raise or lower your tongue jack as the case may be! There are young trees which will make for some shade when they get bigger. They are making improvements with each year. There are not Picnic tables in every site. But after talking to Don the camp host you could get a spot with one at checkin or one if one is available at a nearby spot move to your spot. There is laundry room with a books and DVD to borrow or exchang system. We pickout two DVD to watch tonight. Tried to do an over air scan with our TV, but no stations found. So you will need to bring your own Satellite system system are your own DVD's or movies to watch. As with most campgrounds this place has a very limited WiFi. Writing this with it. But our Fire TV can't connect enough to watch. Was able to cast from my phone to watch a Netflix show using a patch cord till phone battery was use up. Over all this is a very nice campground. There is a Safeway Grocery store about a 5 minute drive down the road in town. The what you could say is a negative point. No play grounds for kids, (there is the very big flat oval drive way around the pull through area the kids could ride their bikes around, have seen a few doing that). It is a nice flat place to walk your dogs. There is no fenced in dog run areas. No bathroom or showers. It is on the list of improvements to come. There is not a Credit cards reader for payments. You can pay with a check, but to use your card. The Camp host takes a picture of it. Then sends it to the owner to run the card. After she has the info, she has the hose deleted it. The way I would recommend is to call her at check in to give here the information directly. She does not take a reservation fee when making your reservation. Still runs on your hand shake is your word you will be here and she will have spot saved for you. So if delay or need to cancel be a person of your word to let them know.

    • Dee W.
      Sep. 15, 2021

      Alpine Divide Campground

      Camp amid tall ponderosa pines

      Wooded 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.

    • Jorge G.The Dyrt PRO User
      Dec. 31, 2024

      Apache Creek Campground

      Perfect secluded free stopover

      Lovely 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.

    • Lisa M.The Dyrt PRO User
      Aug. 10, 2025

      Datil Well Recreation Area Campground

      So peaceful

      This was the second time we have stayed here. It’s about a quarter of a mile off the main road so it’s very quiet and peaceful. There are 22 sites and three of them do have electric. The rest are all dry camping, but they do have nice picnic tables and fire rings attached. Some pull through sites. Vault toilets are available throughout the park and there is water available. There is also a little lending library that is open from 10 to 2 that has Wi-Fi available . Great hiking trails in the area. Half price with your make America beautiful pass.

    • Roger W.The Dyrt PRO User
      Jun. 15, 2024

      Apache Creek Campground

      Perfect for a Stopover

      Apache 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.

    • Kathy L.The Dyrt PRO User
      Apr. 28, 2021

      El Morro RV Park and Cabins

      Special Spot

      We loved this RV park for many reasons. Friendly people, creative vibe, nice campground, cozy cabins, full hookups for RVs, beautiful spot, free-range chickens, pet friendly, plus a yurt with enchanting wind chimes, spiritual labyrinth, a gong, art and healing artifacts. Not to mention the groovy Ancient Way cafe which was closed when we were there (April 2021) but opening next month. My parents stayed in the cabin and loved it, we stayed in our camper van. We really enjoyed talking with some of the folks who live there and it’s a very welcoming community. Feels like home. Morro National monument nearby is spectacular. We’d love to return and stay for a few weeks. Special spot.

    • A
      May. 28, 2023

      Armijo Springs Campground

      Quiet secluded and low use in Spring

      Armijo Springs is a quiet secluded free campground with a vault toilet (low maintenance due to its isolated location), picnic tables (5) and fire rings. No trash service so take it with you. We were here Memorial Day weekend 2023 and there was only one other quest that arrived on Saturday. There is a $5 dump and water station at Pinion campground near Quemado Lake about 15 miles (?) away. We stayed with a 17' trailer and Class B van. There is NO cell service and we had to move down the dead end road 100 yards to get a clear enough area for Starlink to partially work. Probably why few people stay here. Elk walk through camp occasionally and there is an actual spring w/ tank nearby. I don't think it runs in the drier months but it is flowing now. May/June 2023. The water could easily be filtered for personal use I think.

    • Roger W.The Dyrt PRO User
      May. 4, 2024

      El Caso

      Only CG at Rec Area Open in April

      El Casi CG in Rec Area: Past the lake with large campsites. This is the only campground open in the rec area during our April visit.
      (Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good

      (71 yr olds in 17’ trailer.)

      Overall Rating: 4 for large sites. However, our site was trashy . Toilets are only moderately clean. Warnings are posted that no OHV allowed . A large group has camped at one end of the campground using Senegal sites. . Looks like it works out well. Price 2023: Free Security: None Usage during visit: 1/4 full Site Privacy: No Site Spacing: Large sites, well spaced. Pad surface: dirt SITE CLEANLINESS: most sites I noticed were trashy. We needed to pick up trash at our site upon arrival. Reservations: First come first serve Campground Noise: Quiet Outside Road Noise: Gravel access road along side of the campground. Some sites near this access road may get a little dusty, I suppose, during dryer times of the year Through Traffic in campground: no Electric Hookup: no Sewer Hookup: no Dump Station: At Pynon campground, which is not open until May. Charge for dog thing is going up for five dollars to $15 in. Potable Water Available: not at the campground. Generators: yes Bathroom: pit toilets. Not as clean as they should be. Supplied. Showers: no Pull Throughs: yes Cell Service (AT&T): no Setting: under scattered trees. Recent Weather: very cool nights Solar: yes Insects: no Host: no Rig Size: any size Sites: sites are not numbered

    • DThe Dyrt PRO User
      Jan. 16, 2022

      Lyman Lake State Park Campground

      Great views of the lake.

      Once again we are the only ones here! It got a little cold this morning, down to 15 but the sunrise was awesome. Lots of nice spots, you can get everything from a small cabin to a dry spot down by the beach. Some of the bathrooms are closed for the winter but there are a couple still open. 30 and 50 amp power. Water at the pull through sites but you need to disconnect at night to avoid freezing.


    Guide to Quemado

    The Quemado Lake area sits at nearly 7,800 feet elevation in western New Mexico, creating distinct seasonal camping conditions with summer temperatures reaching 80°F during the day and dropping significantly at night. RV camping near Quemado, New Mexico offers varied terrain from pine forests to high desert landscapes. Cell service throughout the region is unreliable with most campgrounds experiencing limited connectivity.

    What to do

    Fishing access points: At Cove - Quemado Lake, the locals recommend parking along the road between the day use area and boat launch for best fishing spots. "The site has good bathrooms and a paved path heading one direction and a dirt path the other - or you can head straight through the grass out to the water's edge," notes one visitor to Cove - Quemado Lake.

    Group camping options: The Cove area offers a group site located uphill from the lake. "It's a large area with water and a lot of parking. It has a large shade with several picnic tables and a fire ring. The down side it's a ways from the lake at the top of the hill," according to another camper.

    Playground facilities: Jackson Park in Pie Town provides family recreation areas within walking distance of camp. "There was also a playground across the road that the kidos could use to burn of some energy," mentions a camper at Jackson Park Campground.

    What campers like

    Free overnight parking: Jackson Park offers no-cost camping convenient to Highway 60. "Jackson Park is a free campground provided by Pie Town NM, just south of US 60. Elevation is 7,786'. I am here at the beginning of May and it's 80 degrees," reports one visitor to Jackson Park Campground.

    Diverse terrain access: The region provides opportunities for both lake activities and desert exploration. "This campsite in Pie Town New Mexico is just on the south side of the Hwy near the volunteer fire department. There are plenty of spots... Good cell service," notes another Jackson Park camper.

    Clean RV facilities: Bear Paw RV Park maintains well-kept grounds approximately 30 miles from Quemado. "The spaces are well spaced & large. Lots of shady spots. Owners were very helpful and friendly, (this was our maiden voyage), & the park matched," shares a visitor to Bear Paw RV Park.

    What you should know

    Off-road conditions: Some dispersed camping areas require appropriate vehicles in wet weather. At Jackson Park, one camper notes it's "Easily accessible when dry, almost certainly would require AWD/4WD if muddy."

    Limited amenities: Basic campgrounds like Jackson Park lack services. "No water, garbage or dumpsite available and a vault toilet has been trashed. Drive past the campground sign and you can find many places to camp," advises a visitor.

    Campground design issues: Some developed campgrounds have layout challenges. At Juniper Campground, a visitor reports: "The sites are three RVs crammed into a spot made for two with everyone on top of each other. You also have to walk through each other's picnic spots to get to your picnic table."

    Tips for camping with families

    Activity planning: While Quemado Lake offers water recreation, prepare for inconsistent cell service. "I also could not get a fishing license since there was no cell or internet service so I could not fish the lake which was my goal," notes a Juniper Campground visitor.

    Site selection strategy: For families needing space, look for end sites at developed campgrounds. "Only a few end spots were decent. If the person on the end spot took up more than their fair share of the spot, you had no outdoor seating in front of your rig," advises a Juniper camper.

    Alternative lodging: For families seeking more amenities, El Morro RV Park and Cabins offers cabin accommodations. "My parents stayed in the cabin and loved it, we stayed in our camper van. We really enjoyed talking with some of the folks who live there and it's a very welcoming community," shares one visitor.

    Tips from RVers

    Overnight access points: The Pie Town RV Park serves as a convenient stopover location. "No frills. But a perfectly fine place to spend the night if you are looking for a place from Truth or Consequences to Sedona. Nice owners. Clean bathrooms. Gravel sites," reports a visitor to Pie Town RV Park.

    Site-specific considerations: Rig owners should note varying site conditions. "This is a basic campground- has hookups on gravel but no trees, picnic tables near campsite tho they do have a nice bbq area available for people," mentions another Pie Town RV Park camper.

    Pet safety concerns: Watch for hazards to pets in undeveloped areas. "Lots of stickers in the grass- beware if you have furry friends," warns one RV camper about Pie Town RV Park.

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