Rockhound State Park Campground

Another really nice place in New Mexico. Near enough to the freeway, but far enough to not notice it. Near enough to town for a quick bite out or supplies, but far enough to not be bothered by it. Quiet and peaceful with good trails for walking the dogs.

Facilities: Hot water, free showers, flush toilets, soap, dump station, not much more you need

Cell Service: Good enough Verizon and T-mobile to work remotely

Starlink: While we didn't need to use it, all sites are open to the sky if you needed to

Solar: All sites are open to the sky for good solar

Rockhound SP, NM: If you like to hunt for rocks, or just be away from everything, this is a good place. Mountains are unique. Can’t get tired of looking at them. Only one trail here. Some nearby. (Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good

(71 yr olds in 17’ trailer.)

Overall Rating: 4 for fine layout in non-electric area Price 2024: $ 10 for non electric site Security: No Usage during visit: Pretty full Site Privacy: Desert vegetation does not offer privacy Site Spacing: Great Pad surface: Gravel Reservations: Yes Campground Noise: Quiet Outside Road Noise: cg is at the end of the access road. No other road. Through Traffic in campground: None Electric Hookup: Available. We were in the non-electric loop . Sites in this loop are generally more private than the electric area Sewer Hookup: No Dump Station: Out of order. Posting says that a Valero nearby provides free dumping. Potable Water Available: Yes. Near the dump station. Generators: Yes Bathroom: Pit toilet in the day use area is the closest. Flush toilets also available.
Showers: Nice showers Pull Throughs: Available Cell Service (AT&T): 2 bars Setting: Nestled against a mountain ridge overlooking other mountains and the desert below. Recent Weather: 40s to 80s with high wind/fire warning pending. Solar: Great Insects: None Host: Yes. Rig Size: Large rigs Sites: All sites in non electric loop are nice and well spaced. 1 and 3 are the best. Large 5th wheel had trouble backing in to #3, having to back up cg road to do so. #2 looks down on#1. Our site here was # 2. #0 looks over the day use area in one direction. #5 is closest to entry road into the cg. However, not much traffic into cg during our short stay.
I would be pleased with any site in this loop.

(12,13 nice elec sites )

RSP is a nice state park. It’s quiet, the area is clean, and the hosts were great. If I were to do it again I would stay at a non electric site. They are closer to the mountains and more separated. For me the electric sites are too close with not enough screening between them.

Cornice camp ground nestled in the hills. Large pull through sites, some with hookups some without. We dry camped

Lucky to fine a site for one night, non electric but still fine. Excellent host and facilities. Sunset and sunrise are spectacular!

We stopped by this park fkr one night along our trip. The sights and bathrooms were very clean.

No complaints about this location. Large sites, easy access, paved road right up to the entrance. Native garden to familiarize yourself with the plant types. Will definitely come back when we can stay longer.

It was beautiful. The camp site is well kept. Butch the camp host was on it. The showers and restrooms well kept. The wife and I will go back again. The walking trails were great as we'll

Spent the day at White Sands National Park dune sledding. Needing to make a loop back home(WA state)and finding a place to shower, this checked all the boxes. Pulled up to the site just before sunset, and fell in love. Very well designed state park, spaces out sites, beautiful views, potable water, showers, this place has it all. Also, the camp host Robert is super helpful. We now refer to him as Grandpa Robert.

This is a beautiful campground a few miles south of Deming, NM.   The campground hosts were excellent and welcoming.  Campsites were laid out well.  Beautiful scenery. 

Bathrooms and showers were clean and plenty of warm water in showers.

This campground is a real gem. The sites are HUGE and the views to die for. The town of Deming is 10 miles away, with anything you’d need, but the feel of the campground is remote.

This state park campground has a gorgeous setting and great layout. Sites are generously spaces, each one has a shelter and picnic table. Bathrooms are nice, with showers. There's a really nice group site with large covered area. Nice visitors center and small gift shop. A big bonus is that the area is well known for geode, which you are allowed to collect in small amounts of you find them among all the rocks. Great billing talks and superb views of the Florida Mountains. One loop of electric and water suites, one loop of non electric sites, plus a day use area. Camp hosts were really friendly.

The table area made the site seem like a private patio with a great view to

Great campground host and great spot for a sunset and mountains to the east.

This feels like a hidden gem. I’d never heard of this park and the photos I found online seemed very underwhelming. We only topped for one night on our way to Arizona, and we were so surprised at how beautiful this place is! Views of the mountains surrounding the campgrounds, lots of beautiful native plants. The grounds are well kept and landscaped so you can stay on the path and avoid the rattlesnakes. The campground hosts were very sweet, friendly, and helpful. We will definitely come back here.

Rockhound is one of the best State Parks we’ve ever stayed at. The sites are spacious and really well-kept. The bathroom is spotless. Showers were closed when we were there, due to Covid, but where in the same building as the bathroom and seemed very nice. This park has lovely little walking paths throughout and hiking trails for rock gathering. There are rattlesnakes in the area, though we didn’t see any and were told they don’t show up much in the campground. The park hosts were lovely, and the group campsite looked awesome! We would love to camp here again!

It is hard to get an electric site here with a reservation. Boondock for a day and quickly move over to an unreserved electric site once someone leaves. Fun hiking on a volcanic mountain. You can find geodes and thunder eggs. Clean bathrooms. Excellent wifi (verizon and at&t) with booster. No limit on # of pets. Close to Mexico for dental care and shopping.

the facilities are clean. you're allowed to scavenge for rocks here and take them with you. we were allowed to have a fire. the park host was excellent. we didn't see any snakes. I would stay here again while traveling through.

We've stopped several times at Rockhound, generally for just one night en route to or from someplace else. The bath house is wonderful if you don't have a bathroom in your rig. There are electrical hookups at many of the sites, if you want to run AC, but these are often booked up by reservation people. There's usually room in the non-hook up section. A major attraction for us is the night skies, which are absolutely spectacular. There's also a nice view of the Deming city lights from up on the hill. A nice clean campground.

Small campground, maybe 20 spots. Open space campground and hot. No trees or shade. Campground is clean with really nice bathrooms that have showers. Not much to do other than look for rocks, and only 1 small hiking trail.

This is a very simple campsite. Great place for hiking biking and wild flower observation.

Campground is clean with excellent bathroom facilities. Very few campsites. Fun place to rockhound. Nothing else really around the area. Two small hiking trails with a small view. They sell firewood there you can buy. Not sure what you would do if you stayed more than 2 days. Good night sky.