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U.S. Forest Service · Inventoried Roadless Area · New Mexico

Black Canyon Roadless Area

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds
$10A night at the one priced
8,540–9,700 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Black Canyon CampgroundBlack Canyon Roadless Area · NMfrom $10 · 8,540 ft · drinking waterOpenBig Tesuque CampgroundBlack Canyon Roadless Area · NM9,700 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Little Tesuque815 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Tesuque Creek810 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Black Canyon1,922 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Thompson Peak33,001 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Nichols Reservoir1,518 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Juan de Gabaldon Grant8,023 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Frijoles fire · 9.9 mi from the nearest campground here · 15,483 acres · 79% contained
Wildfire
L.O.E. fire · 31 mi from the nearest campground here · 64 acres
Wildfire
Juniper fire · 33 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres
Wildfire
Santa Fe Trail fire · 49 mi from the nearest campground here · 60 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Black Canyon Roadless Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)NM 3rd · 2 campgrounds · grade A+
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
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