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

Candian River Roadless Area

1 federal campground, all of them reservable or unlisted, and 1 free to camp.

1Campgrounds
1Free to camp
5,140 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 1 of these 1 campgrounds

Where they are

1 of 1 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 1

1 campground
Mills Canyon CampgroundCandian River Roadless Area · NMFree · 5,140 ftOpen
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Candian River7,149 acres · 0 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
Arroyo Chorro fire · 22 mi from the nearest campground here · 391 acres
Wildfire
Parish fire · 34 mi from the nearest campground here · 16 acres
Wildfire
Santa Fe Trail fire · 34 mi from the nearest campground here · 60 acres
Wildfire
4V North fire · 36 mi from the nearest campground here · 120 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Candian River 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 · 1 campground · 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
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly