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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · New Mexico

Carson National Forest

16 federal campgrounds, 4 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

16Campgrounds
4With first-come sites
$5A night at the one priced
183Sites, from 10
6,610–9,990 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 16 of these 16 campgrounds

Where they are

16 of 16 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 16

16 campgrounds
Reservable
Agua Piedra Campground
Carson National Forest · NM
46 sites1 with a bear box44 with a tent padrigs to 40 ft8,410 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Hopewell Lake Campground
Carson National Forest · NM
33 sites3 pull-through sites2 group sitesrigs to 45 ft9,770 fttoilets
Reservable
Columbine Campground (NM)
Carson National Forest · NM
27 sites6 pull-through sitesrigs to 70 ft7,900 fttoilets
Reservable
Elephant Rock Campground
Carson National Forest · NM
21 sitesrigs to 44 ft8,570 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Santa Barbara Campground
Carson National Forest · NM
21 sites21 with a tent pad1 pull-through siterigs to 65 ft8,840 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups
Reservable
Fawn Lakes Campground
Carson National Forest · NM
19 sitesrigs to 45 ft9,630 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Echo Amphitheater
Carson National Forest · NM
13 sites3 pull-through sites1 group siterigs to 54 ft6,610 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups
Reservable
Aldo Leopold House
Carson National Forest · NM
1 site1 pull-through siterigs to 36 ft8,130 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Canjilon Lakes CampgroundCarson National Forest · NMfrom $5 · 9,990 ftFawn Lakes CampgroundCarson National Forest · NM8,480 ftJunebug CampgroundCarson National Forest · NM8,570 ftFirst-comeLa Bobita CampgroundCarson National Forest · NM8,250 ftFirst-comeLa Sombra CampgroundCarson National Forest · NM7,730 ftFirst-comeLas Petacas CampgroundCarson National Forest · NM7,390 ftFirst-come
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Rio Grande del Norte National Monumentrollback, boundary · 13 mi
Roadless
Comales Canyon4,389 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Pecos13,436 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Latir Peak3,573 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Canjilon Mtn.7,972 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bull Canyon11,512 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bull - Of - The - Woods488 acres · 7 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.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Frijoles fire · 18 mi from the nearest campground here · 15,483 acres · 79% contained
Wildfire
Juniper fire · 27 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres
Wildfire
Santa Fe Trail fire · 39 mi from the nearest campground here · 60 acres
Wildfire
L.O.E. fire · 43 mi from the nearest campground here · 64 acres
Wildfire
Arroyo Chorro fire · 46 mi from the nearest campground here · 391 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Carson National Forest’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 · 16 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
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly