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National Park Service · Wilderness Area · New Mexico and Texas

Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area

9 federal campgrounds, 1 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

9Campgrounds
1With first-come sites
54Sites
5,030–8,380 ftElevation
2States
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 9 of these 9 campgrounds

Where they are

9 of 9 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 9

9 campgrounds
Reservable
McKittrick Ridge Wilderness Campground
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area · TX
8 sites7,640 ft
Reservable
Mescalero Wilderness Campground
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area · TX
8 sites7,490 ft
Reservable
Pine Top Wilderness Campground
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area · TX
8 sites8,010 ft
Reservable
Blue Ridge Wilderness Campground
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area · TX
5 sites8,200 ft
Reservable
Bush Mountain Wilderness Campground
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area · TX
5 sites8,380 ft
Reservable
Marcus Wilderness Campground
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area · TX
5 sites6,300 ft
Reservable
Shumard Canyon Wilderness Campground
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area · TX
5 sites5,030 ft
First-come
Tejas Wilderness Campground
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area · TX
5 sites7,340 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
South Guadalupe Mountains20,930 acres · 2 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

Information
Park Store To Go Cashless Starting August 14th, 2025 the park store will go cashless. All major credit cards, debit cards and mobile electronic payments will be accepted.
Caution
Devil's Hall is a Strenuous Hike The hike to Devil's Hall is rated as strenuous. The portion of the route in the wash requires rock scrambling and is dangerous when wet or if water is present. The wash surface is loose gravel and rocks and may be unstable.
Source: National Park Service alerts API · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness Area’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Tony Gonzales (R)TX 23rd · 8 campgrounds · grade F
Gabe Vasquez (D)NM 2nd · 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
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