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

Jemez National Recreation Area

Here, none of the campgrounds take walk-ups.

4Campgrounds
$15–$20A night, across 4
156Sites
5,850–8,120 ftElevation

Where they are

4 of 4 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Virgin Canyon6,068 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Peralta Ridge4,027 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Cerro La Jara1,122 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Bearhead Peak8,277 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Ghost Town219 acres · 10 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: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 9, 2026

Who answers for this land

Jemez National Recreation Area’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Teresa Leger Fernandez, official portrait
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)NM 3rd · 4 campgrounds · grade A
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly