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Gorgeous park nestled between two mountain ranges. Very well kept up. The park staff is very friendly! If you go through the Recreation.gov app there is a $12 fee. But the staff here is very helpful in helping to setup where you can pay nightly versus on the app. It is $10 per day, but there are bathrooms and water available. There is a nice lake fit for kayaks and pontoons. You will catch northern pike in the lake. You will see plenty of mule deer, prairie dogs and other various wildlife throughout the park. Nice night skies. Only downside is no trees for shade, BUT the campsites have built in canopies for shade.

We stopped here on our way to Cloudcroft when coming from Guadalupe Mountains in Texas. We never knew these kinds of spots existed. We were able to get into this spot with a Nissan Pathfinder without a trailer. Honestly, it wouldn't have mattered if we had a trailer or not as it was super easy to get to. There are several spots there. They have a concrete table/bench and a fire ring. We took one and about 2 hours after we pulled in and set up camp with a huge tent, a full size RV rig took the spot right across from us and they got into theirs no problems.

You are about 150 to 200 yards from the main road so there is a little bit of traffic noise, but there never that many cars driving on that road so it is minimal. I would absolutely stay here again.

One thing to keep in mind though. There are vaulted toilets nearby within walking distance. If you are one of these that doesn't have an issue with using a outhouse that's not cleaned regularly, it will work just fine. If not, I would recommend bringing a portable toilet or some means of going to the bathroom outside with you. Cloudcroft is a few minutes down the road.

We loved our stay and you cannot beat free!

Great area to stay. You are surrounded by ponderosa pines. No hookups, but there is water spigots throughout the grounds. There are also vaulted toilets throughout the grounds as well. Good fishing spots nearby. Verizon service has 1 good bar of service. On occasion you will get 2.