Best RV Parks near Raton, NM
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Best RV Sites Near Raton, NM (32)
1. Cawthon Motel and Camp Ground
1 Review•2 Photos•9 Saves- Pets
- Electric Hookups
- RVs
- Tents
- Picnic Table
- WiFi
2. Maxwell RV Park
Be the first to review!•3 PhotosQuiet residential RV Park in Maxwell New Mexico
- Pets
- Electric Hookups
- Reservable
- RVs
$35 - $45 / night
3. Summerlan RV Park
4 Reviews•3 Photos•15 Saves- Pets
- Electric Hookups
- Reservable
- RVs
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Market
$30 / night
4. Stonewall Lodge & RV Park
7 Reviews•13 Photos•11 Saves- RVs
- Group
- Standard (Tent/RV)
- Dispersed
- Tent Cabin
5. Tower 64 Motel & RV Park
6 Reviews•2 Photos•3 Saves- Pets
- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
- RVs
$41 - $75 / night
6. Gears RV Park and Cafe
2 Reviews•8 Photos•6 SavesLocated between Walsenburg and Trinidad, Colorado on Interstate 25 at Exit 30. We are your base-camp to the Spanish Peaks and much more... Reserve your site today!
- Pets
- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
- RVs
$35 / night
7. Cimarron Inn and RV Park
2 Reviews•7 Photos•3 SavesWe have sites that are open from April to October (closed November to March) for RVs and tent campers. We are limited to the length of RV’s and we do not have any pull through sites, they are all back ins. All sites have full hook-ups including both 30 and 50 amp service, sewer and water and free wifi. Hot showers and bathrooms are available in our Bath House. Several picnic tables and BBQs are located throughout the park for your use.
- Reservable
- RVs
- Trash
- WiFi
- Showers
- Drinking Water
$25 - $50 / night
8. Capulin RV Park
5 Reviews•1 Photo•28 Saves- Pets
- Fires
- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
9. Willow Springs RV Park
1 Review•1 Photo•1 Save- Pets
- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- ADA Access
- RVs
- Tents
10. Summit RV Park
1 Review•3 Saves- Pets
- Electric Hookups
- RVs
- WiFi
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Recent RV Reviews In Raton
217 Reviews of 32 Raton Campgrounds
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Kevin H.
Traveler
Tolby - Cimarron Canyon State Park
Good place for an overnight stopover
We stayed overnight after hiking the Tolby Creek Loop nearby the campground. Pleasant shady place with occasional highway noise. No cell service.
- AAndreia H.
Scout
North Fork Purgatiore River
Great campground!
Beautiful river and lots of wildlife. Drive past the wildlife area sign that says no camping. That sign is only for the entranced area. On down the road you will see the entrance and pay station for the campgrounds. Gorgeous! Nice trail to hike as well.
Tim H.ScoutJag's Red Carpet RV Park
Best RV park in town
By far the best RV park in town. Clean drinkable water. Clean shower and bathroom available to these who choose to not use their own. Lots of shade. Wildlife walk through the park often. Police patrol the area often. Owner lives on site and is very helpful when needed.
Phil P.Traveler
Ponderosa Campground — Cimarron Canyon State Park
Easy access, Level, No services
Easy road in from I25. Basically a big level parking lot with sites on the outer loop that easily accommodate big rigs. One side has a view of the mountains. The other side has a view of the forest and creek. No power. No water hookups but there is a central spigot that can be used to refill. No black dump anywhere in the park. Good Verizon and T-Mobile signal. Cool weather even in July. Despite the negatives I loved the area. NOTE - most park trails are closed until the end of July due to calving season.
robert T.TravelerPonderosa Campground — Cimarron Canyon State Park
Four days no issues
Easy easy in and easy out. Great spot to ride motorcycles out do not select sites near toilet.
Dare To Everywhere .
Ranger
Lake Alice - Sugarite Canyon State Park
Nice campground with clean showers!
Stayed: May 22, 2024 Cost: $18 Site: Lake Alice Loop - 01 Cell Service: None (AT&T and T-Mobile) Equipment: Tent
We stayed in the Lake Alice loop in Site 1. We tented, but it looks like they have it split between tents and RVs, and this was technically an RV site. It had water and electric, so that’s why we chose this site. Sites were nice and clean, with a fire ring and table. Close to neighbors.
Vault toilet in the loop and running water and showers located 1/2 mile from the Lake Alice loop. Showers were very nice for a campground. They were actual showers, not just concrete or dirty tile, and had plenty of room and hooks for clothing. Two showers per side for Men’s and Women’s.
No cell service for either of our carriers, and I don’t think for any, until about a mile beyond the shower house, prior to the entrance of the park.
- AAnton .Traveler
North Fork Purgatiore River
Camping prohibited
Camping prohibited
- LLewis T.Traveler
Lake 13-Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
Easy access from I-25, not much privacy
Great location about half way between Albuquerque and Colorado Springs. I snuck in late one night and napped 2 hours near the pit toilets and left before daylight, so as not to disturb the campers with my brief stay. Pit toilets a plus of course. Can be frosty.
- cchellynn
Guide
Raton Pass Camp & Cafe
Great place to stop for the night
This place sits upon a mountain and overlooks such a beautiful view! The staff are wonderful and make you feel welcome. The only thing that would’ve made the stay better, is if the spots were further apart. It was very busy so everyone was parked right up against one another. It’s a small place so it makes sense why it had to be that way, but still a great spot to spend a night or two!
Jane Y.Guide
Carpios Ridge Campground — Trinidad Lake State Park
Clean bathrooms, some spots with good views over lake
Clean bathrooms, coin operated showers, spots a little closer than I'd like but not close to full when we visited. Good easy hike/strolls in the area with views of the lake.
- jjames P.Traveler
Stonewall Lodge & RV Park
Nice quiet place
Clean campground. Tight spaces. Should have privacy fence from the place next door. Also have cabins to rent. Nice play area for children and a kitchen and a campfire area in the middle of campground. Some of the sites were close and a tight squeeze to back into. Deer walking thru the campground at dusk was a neat site.
Susan L.
LegendCarpios Ridge Campground — Trinidad Lake State Park
Great Views! Nice hiking.
Camped in a small RV in site 13 which had a fairly level gravel pad. There was a tent site, but it looked to have been washed away. This site had great views of the mountain and lake. Enjoyed the short hike on Levsa - a one mile loop with up high views of Lake Trinidad. The Carpios trail was steep and rocky. Didn't have time for the 3 other trails. Showers and Laundry nice. Saw some deer and a wild hare. Somewhat nearby is Capulin Volcano National Monument. Highly recommended.
Jason S.Guide
Summerlan RV Park
Overnight in Raton
We called the day we were going through and the owner had a nice shady spot for us. Very friendly and hospitable. Would stay there again for sure.
- CCrystal C.Guide
Blue Lake Campground - Temporarily Closed
Beautiful place to Rise with Nature
Multiple camping sites, RV, friendly, no hook ups, but easy to access. Fresh water from the reservoir. Excessive trails for hiking the mountain sheep love to hang around this reservoir.
Callie C.GuideLake Alice - Sugarite Canyon State Park
Worth the price, kind of remote
Small campground near CO border. Perks would be lake at top of mountain, 5-7 min drive from CG and showers, at entrance to park. Downfall is you need to drive to everything unless you want to walk along trails on the other side of road. Trails in park were nice - t-mobile service did not work at all, zero bars. Bear boxes provided, deer walked through campground often. I did see bear tracks while hiking but host said they’ve never been a human issue.
Regina Lora G.ScoutSpringer Lake
pretty good
Just northwest of the town of Springer, the lake is also stocked regularly with rainbows, and bullheads are also taken.
Play elastic man game while enjoy its beauty.
- DDavid B.Ranger
Capulin RV Park
Nice park, small, but convenient to Capulin Volcano
Capulin RV Park is a pretty nice private RV park across the highway from the Capulin Volcano National Monument entrance road. We stayed one night. Some of the sites are shady. The park streets and sites are crushed limestone. The park was clean and quiet. The sites are very close together; fortunately, it was not full and we had room. Restrooms and showers were clean (did not use shower). Amenities include: common fire ring with seating and view of volcano, swing with view of volcano.
Stayed in pull-thru campsite #25 which had evening shade and level. It was a crushed limestone site. There was barely enough parking for my 34 ft TT. Neighbors are VERY close. Utilities: 20/30/50A electric in middle of site. Water in middle of site, good pressure. Sewer in middle of site with 4-in screw-on fitting.
AT&T had two bars of LTE service. AT&T Speedtest: 36.6 Mbps down, 7.5 Mbps up. Free WiFi is available, but did not use it.
The town of Capulin, NM is very small. The closest restaurant is The Sierra Grande Restaurant in Des Moines, NM, which is open year round for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Other restaurants and fast food are available in Raton and Clayton.
Would stay here again.
- TTammy C.Guide
Tolby - Cimarron Canyon State Park
Very pretty, relaxing with the river
Campground is very scenic and the river is directly behind us so you can hear that babbling brook sound - I love that! Our site is a bit small for our camper (25 ft) but we made it work. No hookups and no water but we have solar. It’s been 80s in the day and 50s at night which is amazing. I have one bar with T-mobile cell phone so I can text and get a little internet - enough to stay connected with the world. Great campsite!!
laura S.GuideCarpios Ridge Campground — Trinidad Lake State Park
Close sites, but convenient location
First off - we tent camped in this RV heavy campground. sites were a little too close for comfort. Coin-operated showers were nice but got dirty and gross quickly. Not far from town, and lake has lots of fun opportunities.
JUSTIN C.Guide
Cordova Pass
Beautiful views!
We came on a holiday weekend so the main camp area was full. We carried our stuff down the trail a bit and made a temporary site. It was the best ever because we woke up with views and everyone else woke up to busy hikers getting ready at the crack of dawn. Ha! It would still be beautiful over there, don't get me wrong, just trying to keep myself jazzed about making a bunch of trips back to the car.
- DDoog Z.Scout
Stonewall Lodge & RV Park
Dirty, crowded, overpriced, poor service
They don't honor booked and PAID sites here. They just bumped me into the maintenance lot behind the convenience store with a nice view of a filthy dumpster. Cuz dude with no res "beat me too it?" WTF.
Way overpriced with no views, packed in right between the motel buildings.
They don't care if you can't even open your slides, charging $65/night
- JC D.Traveler
Monument Lake Resort
Week of Father's Day
Used Primitive #9 site along the creek. So peaceful and beautiful, trees shielded high winds and the few quick drizzles. Fishing was well above expectations, catching 14 large trout over the 2 night stay between the two of us. Highly recommend. We experienced no mosquitoes and the stay could not have been better!! 1989 Jamboree C-class.
- KKevin K.Guide
Lake 13-Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
Nice small Boondocking area
This is a good spot for a quick, free overnight
- ddrewTraveler
Cimarron Campground
Great remote time
Took my boys camping and had a great time. We went June 2 and the water was not on yet. The facilities were very clean and the staff agent was present and available. We had no issues. It is a long way down a dirt road but well worth the drive to be remote. No cell service at the camp site but a short 5 min drive back to the first cattle guard allowed for service to multiple cell providers. A short beautiful hike to the ponds allowed for some fishing for the kids. All artificial lures and barbless hooks. It’s not glamping but is some great camping!
Christian D.Legend
Cimarron Inn and RV Park
Good one night stop
We needed hook up for a night stop in April. We were alone in the campground which is on the side of the hikers in. We had everything we need for a reasonable price. Friendly owner.
- KKateTraveler
Lake 13-Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
Easy to access off 25
Nice views, level, has a pit toilet, trash and recycling. It was a nice spot to spend a night heading home. There are several picnic tables too. We pulled in around 5pm on a Friday and there were 3 other vans in the camping area with plenty of room.
- JJen & Troy S.Traveler
Lake Alice - Sugarite Canyon State Park
GEM!
2022 headed home from CO to Dallas and didn't want to stay in Amarillo again so we threw the dice and were able to snag an AMAZING spot (no hookups) for one night. Tha-t was all we needed to make this our go-to place to stop at beginning and end of each trip. Lots of options for camping (we pull a TAB 400) - camp host was so cool and friendly. Absolutely beautiful views and clean facilities (we only used the toilets) We were surprised and pleased with Sugarite!
Guide to Raton
Camping near Raton, New Mexico, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and unique experiences. Whether you're in an RV or pitching a tent, there are plenty of options to enjoy the great outdoors.
What to do:
- Hiking: Explore the trails around Lake Alice Campground — Sugarite Canyon State Park. One reviewer mentioned, "There are numerous nature hikes, and I did the short (.5) miles Vista Grande Nature Trail which has a beautiful bench for a sunrise view."
- Fishing: If you enjoy fishing, Trinidad Lake State Park is a great spot. A camper noted, "Fishing appeared to be popular here and there is a path along the dam."
- Wildlife Watching: Keep an eye out for local wildlife. One visitor at Lake 13-Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge shared, "Always some amazing waterfowl."
What campers like:
- Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate the cleanliness of the restrooms and showers. A review for Lake Alice Campground — Sugarite Canyon State Park highlighted, "The showers were very nice for a campground. They were actual showers, not just concrete or dirty tile."
- Scenic Views: Many campers rave about the views. One camper at Raton Pass Camp & Cafe said, "The views are the best part about this campground!"
- Friendly Staff: The hospitality at local campgrounds is often mentioned. A visitor at Capulin RV Park remarked, "The couple running the park are very nice."
What you should know:
- Close Proximity of Sites: Some campgrounds have sites that are quite close together. A camper at Tower 64 Motel & RV Park noted, "The sites are stacked right on top of each other."
- Limited Amenities: Not all campgrounds have full amenities. One reviewer at Lake 13-Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge mentioned, "No shade, no potable water, no electric, no sewer. True boondocking site."
- Seasonal Closures: Some facilities may close during the off-season. A camper at South Shore Campground — Trinidad Lake State Park warned, "Heads up, the main restrooms/showers and laundry close from Nov to Mar."
Tips for camping with families:
- Choose Family-Friendly Campgrounds: Look for campgrounds that offer amenities for kids. A parent at Soda Pocket Campground — Sugarite Canyon State Park mentioned, "The campground staff were great, and the ranger came by one night and showed a group of kids a mountain lion pelt."
- Plan for Activities: Make sure to have activities planned. One family enjoyed hiking and fishing at Lake Alice Campground — Sugarite Canyon State Park, saying, "We could easily spend two full days here hiking alone."
- Pack Snacks and Drinks: Keep everyone happy with snacks. A camper at Raton KOA suggested, "The close proximity to grocery stores was an added bonus!"
Tips from RVers:
- Check Site Sizes: Make sure your RV fits the site. A reviewer at Capulin RV Park noted, "The sites are very close together; fortunately, it was not full and we had room."
- Be Prepared for Dusty Roads: Some campgrounds have unpaved access roads. A visitor at Raton Pass Camp & Cafe mentioned, "The road was a typical dirt road, and not in bad shape at all."
- Use Local Resources: Take advantage of local services. One camper at Summerlan RV Park said, "They are the only RV repair place in Raton, so they are a good choice."
Camping near Raton, New Mexico, offers a variety of experiences, from scenic views to family-friendly activities. Whether you're in an RV or tent, there's something for everyone to enjoy!
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