Santa Rosa Campground & RV Park, near Santa Rosa, New Mexico, is a convenient stop for travelers looking to rest and recharge. With a mix of tent sites, RV spots, and cabins, it caters to a variety of camping styles, making it a solid choice for anyone on the road.

The campground is known for its friendly staff and clean facilities, including hot showers and well-maintained restrooms. Many visitors appreciate the option to order food delivered right to their site, which is a lifesaver after a long day of driving. One camper mentioned, “The chicken fried steak was excellent,” highlighting the quality of the meals available.

Located just off I-40, this spot offers easy access for those passing through. Reviewers have noted the quiet atmosphere, especially when the winds aren’t blowing too hard, making it a pleasant place to unwind. While the sites are gravel and can feel a bit close together, the overall vibe is welcoming, with helpful staff ready to assist you. 

If you're looking for a straightforward place to stay with essential amenities and a friendly touch, Santa Rosa Campground & RV Park is worth considering for your next road trip.

Come to Santa Rosa Campground in New Mexico for all the amenities of home and all the beauty of camping. Located on Historic Route 66 in Santa Rosa NM, Santa Rosa Campground & RV Park has 100 different sites for RV’s and tents, with electric- including up to 50 amp services, water, sewer and cable and hookups. 70+ Pull-Thru Sites up to 90 feet long, makes us a great Big Rig Friendly RV park in New Mexico.

We have FREE WI-FI throughout the campground plus a FREE High-Speed Internet Connection in the office, so you can log on when you get off of the road and check your e-mails or find directions to your next destination. We also have a cabin that provides a rustic outing and is a great relief to those interested in getting out of their camper for a night. We also have tent sites available for those looking for New Mexico campgrounds. Enjoy our various amenities including our Western Bar-B-Q Restaurant, which is open for dinner every night with home-style favorites to delight your taste buds.

Everyone Is Welcome!

Looking for a New Mexico RV park while traveling Interstate 40 or Historic Route 66? Stop, rest and enjoy your stay at the Santa Rosa Campground. Beautiful high desert evenings are yours from your RV or tent site. We have plenty of room with 80+ pull thru sites up to 90 feet long, plus other back-ins and tent sites. One hundred sites in all. Relax in the heated pool, browse our gift shop or enjoy the quiet of the patio.

Santa Rosa Campground & RV Park

Join the fun near Santa Rosa. With tons of outdoor activities and scenic camping, this is an excellent vacation spot for all kinds of travelers. There are tons of hikes and other fun activities to partake in, as well as sights to see and explore. Search nearby campsites and find top-rated spots from other campers.

Santa Rosa

The Best Camping Near Santa Rosa, New Mexico

We arrived late in the afternoon and found the park by asking at a local gas station.  It is   a few miles NE of town although if you come in from the NW the highway signs are a little scarce.  The site was comfortable (we had an RV site with electricity) and a good amount of space.  The shower was ok but annoyingly short on time span for each "push" on the button.  We would stay there again.

Motorcycle Camping

There is a nice little shoreline trail that takes you around the lake. Campsites were nice, each site had a table. Some of the stalls in the bathroom were missing toilet paper and both the men's and women's bathrooms were out of soap. According to the maintenance schedule the bathrooms hadn't been checked in two days.

Charming Lake

We had been driving all day and this campground is one of few campgrounds in the area. So it served us well. We just stayed one night, didn't seem like much to do in the area. 10 miles from town. Power and non-power sites. One loop of the campground was closed when we were there.

Ok spot. 

Convenient location on the I40\. Laundry facility, pool. The tiny town has very little to do or see besides the tourist attraction of the “Blue Hole”. If you’re here you may as well go see it. It’s like 5 mins from the rv park. Also there is a Dollar General nearby to restock on essentials. Quiet place to get a good nights rest.

On the I40

This is a hidden gem. We were evacuated from our camping spot in Northern New Mexico due to wildfires and set out for a new spot. Exhausted from driving, we pulled into this campground. It is clean, well maintained and the dog got a kick out of doing a bit of swimming. There is unique topography and enough to explore for a night or two.

Pretty oasis

it was April and still a bit cold but there were only 4 sites occupied here and we had the sites right on the water front. it’s more like a parking lot but some sites have trees. I have 18 foot travel trailer and can’t beat the price for hook ups

water view

Spent a week on our travels around the western US. This location had one of the hardest working owners in any location. We had noticed a little sound from our passenger front brake. Ask if he knew someone, he did and said he would make the call. We then left for day and when we returned the the repair service had come resolved the issue. During the time we were there that is what we saw happening every day. Full Hook Ups not a fancy resort. We used this location to go to National Monuments, Tour Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Lots of overnighters but if when we go back to this area this will be our stop.

excellent base location

Very beautiful drive up to the lake and campsite. While the vegetation and terrain is pretty open, there is still quite a bit of privacy at the individual sites. Bathrooms were clean. Wonderful sunrise over the lake. Very nice playground for the kids. 

Wonderful Area

The primitive campsites are the only good spot for tent camping. There two big campsites are more for Rv’s 

More for Rv’s 

Stayed one night on the drive back to Texas. Happened upon this place and it was an easy after-hours check-in! Ran into the owner who was working late and he made sure we were settled and checked to see if we needed any help! Plenty of space at the pull through sites with easy hook-up. We will definitely stay here again on our next trip west!

Hidden Gem

The photos that show up above for this campground are actually of Santa Rosa LAKE which is about 20 minutes north on 91.  The campground/RV park at this address is definitely more of an RV park.  It is very close to I-40, there are streetlight-style lights throughout, and not much in the way of primitive camping.  But if you're an RV-er you may love the amenities here, I think there is WiFi and a pool!  We are tent campers and continued on up to the lake.  The lake is operated by the State Park system.  As of October 1, 2020 reservations are required for all state park sites, and they are only open to NM residents!  We bent the rules as it was 2 am, and the rangers were cool about it in the morning.  There are 2 campgrounds at the lake (Rocky Point and Juniper Park) - only Rocky Point was open currently, presumably for COVID reasons.  

Don't be tricked by these pictures!

We just spent 1 night here as we traveled from Colorado to Tennessee. It was great for a stop over, but there isn't much to do around there if you are staying for a long time. The manager was a dry, but he was accommodating and nice enough. We had a W&amp;E only site and they have a dump conveniently on site we used before heading out. There were many sites on the grounds. We had an easy pull through site that was pretty level. Gravel roads throughout but wide and maintained. It was cheap and it worked great for a stopover and for that reason, we'd stay again.

Good stop over if passing through & cheap 

We were just passing through for one night. The spaces are level. It was good to take a hot shower and use the dump on the way out. The grounds could use some TLC. It has been a dry year everywhere.  The check-in was uncomfortable as mask wearing was “not my policy”  and I was accused of “slithering in” before closing even with a reservation. 

Okay for one night

We stayed here one night on our trip across country. The park was clean and safe. The site was an pull through and needing a little leveling, easy hook up.  The attendant came by to welcome us as we came in late.  We will come again, but will ask to be put further out in a back in if needed to give a little more space between campers (we had one neighbor that sang near the campfire for hours ... ).

Safe stop over

Not a bad place

The park was just fine, nothing fancy and by no means a destination. If you are passing through though it works just fine. 

Fine for a overnight stop

Easy to find, clean bathroom with showers. Fairly level spot. Slept well.

Convenient for an overnight 

No space between rvs, bathrooms closed, probably because the fat bastard working there is too lazy to maintain them. Super rude to us when we decided not to stay bc the place was a dump. 

Bathrooms and shower house closed, very rude

Bummed when we pulled up and were told we couldn’t tent camp. Found a better place up the road near the lake. 

No room, told we couldn’t camp

Good power and water, quiet, well maintained and under the watchful eye of the Manager.   Safe.

Perfect for passing through

Worst case scenario ever
Stopped filled out form with payment 
20 minutes later some Ahole pulls up claiming we are fully self contained 
Well no we have a gray tank and the restroom is open 
Just needed a place for the night but he insisted that we had to leave 
There was two tent trailers there with o little gray tanks but they are okay 
The guy was a real POS and cussed at us as we left
Don’t stop here it is a crappie run place

Do NOT stop here

This campground is just outside Santa Rosa. It accepts Sams, military discount. Old but clean and serviceable. Nice pool, on site restaurant serves good food. Many drive through site with electric and water. Central dump station.  Small dog park. 

Good overnight, needs a facelift

The campground is so close to the highway, we would be just as well rested if we slept in the gravel under an overpass on I40.

The tent area was overgrown and full of burrs.

The bathroom was filthy.

If I could award negative stars I would.


Objectively Awful

Place was nice and rustic. Only issue we had was we stayed for 5 nights and the park was not full at all but they kept putting 1 nite Rv's by us. FYI, when calling for reservation, request to be in back or at least away from 1 night stay people, if that's what you desire. No issues with the staff. If your nice to them, they will be nice to you.

Nice but dusty and kinda tight spaces.

Adequate sites, pool through spot I was in was level, easy hookups.

Would stay here again.

One night layover

The owner Chris Lamb is a piece of work has lots of problems and don’t believe he’s had a good day in a long time, that’s who you will deal with. With that said his campground as it’s called hasn’t been maintained for years, certified dump and stay at your own risk. This place isn’t “pet friendly” you can “only walk your dog on the dirt” ( yelled by Chris across the campground”and what parts are green are ridden with cocker barrels which end up in your dogs feet just going out the door and you will track them back inside and deal with them for days. Don’t waist your time as I said this place hasn’t been maintained for years. I read reviews and gave it a chance, you will be totally disappointed and where the good reviews came from I’ll never know. Good luck!!’

Pass this one up!!

Stayed here twice. Rude staff including restaurant. Good sites clean areas. Freeway noise. Not bad but I won't be back because of staff.........Chris

Good sites rude staff.

Nice campground but literally have never met an owner so rude. 

Super rude owner 

It's ok but not the greatest... staff was ok.. not rude as others stated.. sites are a bit tight and a lot of dust blowing around... 

Probably would not stay here again unless in a pinch...

Eh.. it's ok for a few days or overnight stay

The attendant was exceptionally friendly and helpful getting us setup.  He helped with propane and told funny stories.  We would definitely stay here again!!

Great stay!

We intended on staying one night in the Santa Rosa Campground (May 9, 2022) – we were on the road, an hour away from arrival. However, due to a forest fire directly west of the CG, the office called us to inform us that they were under a “be prepared to evacuate” order and they were canceling our reservation (payments are non refundable, they did not charge us!). The office gave us the option of staying the night (fill out an after hours permit) if the fire was brought under control or move on to another CG. We elected to move on and reserved a spot further down the road.

Thank you Santa Rosa, kudos to you, we greatly appreciate your graciousness and forethought!

Thank you Santa Rosa CG

The campground is all gravel and close together.  There is a small picnic table at the site with water and electric hookup.  There is also sewer hookup but it was at the wrong end of the site unless we backed in.  Then it would be on the wrong side! We just didn't hook up and pulled up as we left to dump. The guy who answered the phone and checked us in was not friendly at all and actually quite grumpy. 

Not friendly 

Pretty run down, the spots are tiny and really close.  all gravel and some roots and potholes.  Large bath house and shower.  they have a restaurant with pretty decent food that delivers, that's a plus because if you don't unhook (fifth wheel) then your food options are limited to zero.  Right off I-40.  The guy that everyone says is grumpy is simply a great American tired of all the BS in the country.   Get yourself a FJB T-shirt, he has them for sale.

Below average condition

Close to I-40 but quiet. We called day of, were told no problem to have site, pulled in after hours to find easy check in with drop slot. Chris came over same evening, greeted us, gave us change because we paid too much. Great chat, nice guy. Great facilities. Hot showers!

Quiet, convenient and friendly

We pulled into this campground to escape extremely windy conditions.  The park was close to empty when we got there but filled up quickly with others trying to get out of the wind.  The sites are close and they are set up oddly with some campers facing one direction and others going the opposite way.  We had full hook ups including sewer.  Our site shared an electric box with the site beside us.  We didn't use the bathrooms or showers but we looked at them and they were clean.  Old but clean.  The park does have a nice little fenced in dog park so your dog can run off leash.  I would stay here again if I were passing through.  We felt safe here.

Good For An Overnight Stay

Dog park, showers , laundry, a store and barbecue delivered to your camper! Level spots, a few trees.

Great stop for a couple nights

I was going to need to cancel my reservation and called two weeks before and was told, we don’t have a cancellation policy. There was nowhere on their site that they didn’t have a cancellation policy.

Did not stay there

Quiet if winds not blowing to bad. Staff was helpful. You can order food that is delivered to your RV. That was convenient.
Easy in and easy out. Right near Rt. 40

Nice quiet campground 

Chris the owner had some bad reviews but honestly he couldn’t have been nicer or more accommodating. Sometimes when I see bad reviews of management I kinda think maybe the reviewer did something that made the management get to that point. They do own the park and it’s their rules!!!!!  We had a very easy site to pull into, no septic but we knew that coming in- they do have a dump station. They have a nice clean dog park that mine loved. It’s laid out well, plenty of room and a restaurant that delivers to your camper. What more can you ask for? We loved everything about it. We were over nighters but it would be a great place for a stay with some R &amp;R. Thumbs up!

Santa Rosa, NM…Would stay again

Very pretty campground.  Small store, they offer BBQ delivered to your site!  Under a thunderstorm advisory so going to forgo the pool.  

Very nice RV camp

An excellent choice for a overnight stay.  Close to the freeway.  Very nice staff.   Level sites.  We were tired, and were told they provided food from a limited menu delivered to our site.  The chicken fried steak was excellent.  The office staff were very helpful and kind 

Great little campground  

Very nice place. Well maintained &amp; clean!
But only RV - was going to tent camp out of the car but host denied. (with a cravat, he offered to 'put me in the back' for a small fee IF I agreed to not abuse the facilities) -apparently he had problems with campers in the past, so, yea, no camping 

No Tents

Nice stop over park, we stayed 2 nights.  It was pleasant and they do a daily breakfast and nightly dinner.  We purchased the dinner the first night, it wasn’t 5 star dining but it hit the spot nonetheless, especially after driving all day.

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