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Located just 14 miles southeast of Roswell, Bottomless Lakes State Park is your place for bottomless fun! Enjoy non-motorized boating in your kayak or canoe, camp, fish, picnic, swim, hike, go birding or even scuba dive! The unique lakes at this park are sinkholes, ranging from 17 to 90 feet deep. The greenish-blue color created by aquatic plants is what gives the lakes the illusion of great depth.
$18 / night
$40 - $240 / night
Trailer Village RV Park is under new ownership. Jon and Morgan purchased the park November 1st, 2021. They are very knowledgeable about RV life as they are Full time RVers themselves. The park has 65 sites. Pull throughs are reserved for nightly and weekly guests only. The park is located 1.4 miles to the city center, so you can bike or walk to town. Please view Trailer Village RV Park website for the most current information regarding what the park has to offer. Jon and Morgan hope to help you "crash" into a Roswell adventure!
$42 - $46 / night
The area has several picnic sites, complete with shelters, tables and grills. Toilet facilities are available but no potable water is available. Camping is allowed in pull outs next to the sun shelters and in the large gravel parking lot used for parking and events. Dispersed camping is allowed within the entire area, but there are only OHV trails to access the interior of the area for camping.
$5 / night
$9 - $15 / night
5 acres bordered by pecan trees. Level area, cement slab, large trees on site. Water, septic, electricity provided. NO BATHROOM FACILITIES available, please bring your own if tent camping. I do have septic you can connect to your RV. Quiet rural area NW of Roswell, 6 miles from downtown where you can explore alien museums and attractions. Bottomless lakes state park and Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge nearby. 70 miles from Ruidoso with hiking, bike and equestrian trails, skiing, shopping, fishing. Haystack mountain recreation area, Pecos river, rockhounding sites in vicinity. White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Valley of Fires a short drive away.
$35 - $45 / night
Traveler
After reading how the area around Roswell is tough to find BLM/ cheap overnight - i fired up the Dyrt app and found this gem.
$3 for me and my van. Came in after dark to get some sleep before heading into Roswell proper. Only a few other vans.
Bathroom was immaculate, views are great . Thank you to the host for keeping it this way.
Ranger
I stayed here for the second week of November. It rained a day or two before I got here and the mosquitoes were still a little bad but the weather was great up until my moving Day when I was leaving today November 18th. As long as it doesn't rain hard the ground should be good but if it rains really hard it gets really muddy. The cell phone signal is amazing for T-Mobile it's very quiet at night your neighbors are a couple football fields away if you have any at all. There is a target shooting range on DOD land about 2 mi away so during the day you do hear gunshots from time to time. Everyone shooting there is shooting North so stay south of the zig zag road sign.
Guide
Although a bit rough around the edges, if you are traveling in SE New Mexico, this location is great for an overnighter. When we arrived, all of the full hook-up sites were taken (looked like long term locals). I called the number at the un-manned office and the gentleman who answered was very friendly and let us know that we could camp anywhere around the lake for $9. The location is close to a nice residential area, so it’s relatively quiet with the exception of the occasional train passing by. There is a scent of cow manure depending on which way the wind is blowing; but it’s not unbearable. Overall, it was a nice place to stop over for the night as we were heading towards the Carlsbad Caverns the following day.
Ranger
Reservations only, but we were able to reserve online while surveying campground to see what was open: https://newmexicostateparks.reserveamerica.com/ (on way north so stopped for a night, getting there late afternoon).
Pretty basic. Most sites have no shade except for over picnic table. Lots of flying things: flies, mosquitos. Many stickers (so walk dog carefully).
--->At 02:30 in morning a drone very noisily buzzed us and sounded like it circled us for what seemed like 5 min. Not sure what that was about.... Racoon walked up to door screen and pawed at it while we were making dinner.
Scout
I travel from Durango to San Antonio frequently. This is such a nice sleep-over in my van. Weekends can be tough with drunken, blaring radio, 200,000 lumen, ATVs running all night. I had one light-up my old trailer by the bathrooms - note to self - don’t park here again!!!!
When its kicking, sleep by the dumpsters, they will never go there 😉
But seriously, this is an OHV park and there are few places for folks to have this kind of fun. I wouldn’t mind a rip through these dunes on an ATV myself 😜
This was an offseason midweek visit with nobody else around and quiet all night.
GuideThis is a great place not far outside of Roswell. Great overnight parking/car camping place. Stayed by myself at the best spot available. My company was a tarantula hawk wasp, very large blue dragonfly, some desert ants and an owl hooting down in the ravine. Melt. It was warm, of course but with the windows down and a little neck fan to encourage airflow, It was alright.
GuideReservations are needed and can be made online through the NM State Park website. The drive into the camp area was a little bumpy. Watch the curves! At the time we arrived the water was a beautiful aqua color with a clear sunny sky. The rest of our time there was overcast which gave us a nice break from the heat. The beach area was not crowded at all during our time here. Bring your kayak/canoe/SUP. They rent pedal boats. The mosquitos were out around dusk, so be sure to have bug spray! We would definitely stay again.
Traveler
This was a great spot not too far from the main parts of town and had all the amenities you need. Did not see any tent camping but a great RV spot.
GuideWrong 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.
Guide
This is a lovely park. Clean, shaded, with a comfortable common area. Lee is a wonderful host who allowed us to charge our EV from the 50 amp outlet at our site.
GuideWhereas there are only a very few prime camping spots - that were full, there was also a nice level and large gravel parking lot that did the trick for a quick overnight. The cell service was the best, most likely because there were several cellular towers looming overhead.
LegendRoom between sites. Most sites are gravel with shaded picnic tables. Peaceful nights.
ScoutThe intake person was respectful which is my reason for 2 stars and not 1 star. I left my belongings to run to the store. I came back to everything gone. Even my daughter's bible! I am surprised by this. I had just dropped the payment in the payment box for the stay so I lost the $27 too. I didn't stick around for the police because I immediately felt unsafe. I'm disappointed. We had planned to enjoy the views and relax.
ScoutWe were planning to go to southern Utah but Mother Nature vetoed that plan. My wife had wanted to visit Roswell which was out of the route the storms were taking so I agreed thinking we’d stay a couple of nights if we liked…we are now on our second week. Leigh is a wonderful host…the park is intimate with only a dozen spaces…the rest rooms are spotless and it is just a couple miles east of town. Roswell itself is a perfect sized community with great restaurants and cultural sites.
LegendHasn't changed much in the 7 years between visits. Very little shade but neat to see the lakes. Water is clear and I bet feels really great in the summer heat. Still pretty full considering the time of year. Local sites are just down the road at the Bitter Lake Rec area. There is also a 3 mile bike ride.
Ranger
We stayed a week. The camp host/Manager was great. Unfortunately, my wife and I were sick most of the week and didn't take pictures or get out much. The park was clean, well-maintained, and quiet in the overnight hours. Our site was a pull-through on a gravel pad. UFO museum, and we ate at Farleys which was ok.
ScoutFollow the sign to a dirt road and there are several spots for large travel trailers and smaller spots for people who want to tent camp. Clean, host on site, and prices are posted at the entrance, just grab a slip from the box put your money in and place into the lock box. We stayed over 2 nights over halloween and it was quiet only one other camper there. It cost 5$ a night. Bathrooms were well kept and the roads where too.
GuideOnly 4 camp sites but overnight camping in the parking lot is allowed. great views of the sunset but not a dark sky site as Roswell, New Mexico is visible to the southwest. Visited during the middle of the week so we were the only campers at the site. This is an OHV park so probably busy during weekends. The pit toilet was clean.
GuideIncredibly easy to access. Several spots to accommodate a camper. Was passing through, only hiked the rim trail for a morning wake up. $2 for the night. SUPER CLEAN VAULT TOILETS.
Scout$14+$4 ReserveAmerica Fee This is a local park for us. We were in Site 19 which is a Handicap site with a concrete pad (RA did not specify that this was a handicap site). Other sites are packed gravel. Site was a "short" site and close to the bathhouse which we did not use. Sites are 50/30/20 with a water hookup. Only a few sites have sewer. Dump station is at the entrance of the campground. The deer flies were not a problem during our visit (they are worse around the salt cedar trees). We were only bit twice and we did not use insect repellant. Since we could not check in until after 4PM, we parked over in the picnic area by the lake. We knew this and had planned it. Dogs are not allowed on the "sand beach" but there are plenty of access points around the campground& picnic area edges of the lake that pets can use. Goat's Head stickers are a problem here, as they are in most of the desert. Our dog wears "shoes" to protect her feet from the stickers and from hot pavement. Wifi was available in the park but we could not connect. We stayed in a Truck Camper 7/4 - 7/5/2023.
GuideReally an oasis is in Roswell. Sites are very clean nestled next to an alfalfa field. There are stockyards near by but as the saying goes - occasionally smells like money. Leigh is an awesome host and the facilities are excellent. This will be our go to when we are in Roswell.
TravelerThe red rocks and contrasting blue lake make it a beautiful place to camp. The sites are roomy enough that even when full it doesn’t feel crowded.
GuideFine campground. Geared mostly for RVs. Not very big so books up quickly. Reservations online. $14 + tax and fees = $18ish for the night. Nice lake area. Outdoor beach showers.
LegendWe are full-timers in a 36 ft Class A with a Cherokee Trailhawk tow. We were in site 5 for 4 nights in late March. The campground is nice, well maintained and quiet CG. It was quite windy the day we arrived with wind speeds of 25 mph and gust up to 45 mph, which kicked up a little dust from time to time, but the weather was beautiful otherwise. Lea Lake is deep blue and crystal clear.
AT&T coverage was excellent, with 1-3 Bars of 5G service and speeds up to 12 MB/s. We had an unobstructed view of the sky and so we were able to receive all 3 SW Dish satellites and Starlink had up to 20 MB/s. We didn’t try to load any OTA channels.
Scout
I will give this one extra star because of the absolute beauty of the campground there are many many campsites with burn pits the only drawback is there are no water or electricity hookups or sewer hookups there is however a men and women's bathroom at the top of the campgrounds and the bottom of the campgrounds.
LegendThis was a great experience staying at the campground. Bathrooms are cleaned by custodial company daily. The Wi-Fi works well and we have 4 bars of 5G. Paved roads throughout the campground and sites are 95% level rock. Biggest downfall would be that all sites are buddy sites. You’re just 8 minutes from all the action in Roswell, and we highly recommend hitting up Black Cock Brewery while staying here.
GuideFor just a spot for the night it costs $9 which is basically nothing, but it really should be free. The place smells SO strong of all the poop from the birds and wow it’s windy. I’m from Idaho and have dealt with that kind of thing a lot on the little lakes up there but omg it’s awful here. On the bright side it is very quiet and pretty with easy access to stores around. I would not pay to stay here unless you’re desperate and don’t mind not going outside
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