Cherry Creek Campground is located near Silver City, NM, surrounded by rugged terrain with a mix of forested areas and open spaces. The region experiences temperatures ranging from the 30s in winter to the 80s in summer. Visitors can explore the nearby Gila National Forest and the historic Silver City, both offering various outdoor and cultural activities.

This is a great place for a picnic or overnight camping. Cherry Creek is by one of the most scenic parts of the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic ByWay. The campground is located along NM Highway 15 and is surrounded by dense mixed conifer. It is a cool place in the summer for people to enjoy a day's outing or for those wishing to camp overnight. If there has been a little snow during the winter, you will find a trickle of water in the small stream that runs through the campground. In the autumn hillsides turn into a beautiful mosaic of golden aspens, rusty oaks, and bright red sumac.

Cherry Creek Campground

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Nice 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

One of my favorites

The campsites are pretty close together but otherwise it is a great place to getaway from the summer heat. The bathroom was clean and trash cans were maintained. Beautiful drive. 

A little too close for comfort

We tent camped at Cherry Creek campground in late July 2023. We arrived about 4pm on a Saturday and there were like 2 sites available. First come, first serve, no fee, but a ranger told me that could change soon. Lots of nice tall pines. The creek was dry. Very scenic valley. There’s a short, informal trail at the north end of the campground past the bathroom. The trail goes about 0.25 miles out; so 0.5 mile round trip. A nice evening or morning stroll or both. But…there was a big group next to us that partied loud and late—with a generator that lit up their site, and ours. Oh well! At least they were enjoying the outdoors like we were, I think. 

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