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

Lincoln National Forest

Here, one in five take walk-ups.

21Campgrounds
4Take walk-ups
1Free to camp
$10–$32A night, across 11
154Sites, from 9
6,400–9,630 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 21 of these 21 campgrounds

Where they are

21 of 21 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

21 campgrounds
Silver (NM)ReservableLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $3234 sitesrigs to 30 ft8,990 fttoiletsApache (NM)ReservableLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $3228 sitesrigs to 30 ft8,850 fttoiletsPines CampgroundReservableSeasonalLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $3224 sitesrigs to 35 ft8,630 ftdrinking watertoiletsSleepy GrassReservableLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $306 pull-through sites24 sitesrigs to 82 ft8,990 ftSaddle (NM)ReservableLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $3220 sitesrigs to 30 ft8,940 fttoiletsDeerhead CampgroundReservableSeasonalLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $3219 sitesrigs to 25 ft8,740 ftdrinking watertoiletsCEDAR CREEK (Sam Tobias)ReservableLincoln National Forest · NMSites from $403 group sites3 sitesrigs to 35 ft6,990 ftdrinking watertoiletsLower Fir Group AreaReservableLincoln National Forest · NM1 group site1 siterigs to 35 ft8,770 ftSlide Group AreaReservableLincoln National Forest · NM1 group site1 siterigs to 35 ft9,200 ftMonjeau LookoutLincoln National Forest · NM9,630 ftOak Grove CampgroundLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $108,350 fttoiletsSkyline CampgroundOpenLincoln National Forest · NM9,010 ftBlack Bear Group CampgroundSeasonalLincoln National Forest · NM8,950 fttoiletsJames Canyon CampgroundFirst-comeLincoln National Forest · NMFree6,770 ftSaddle CampgroundFirst-comeSeasonalLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $328,940 ftSam Tobias Memorial Group CampgroundLincoln National Forest · NM7,000 fttoiletsSilver Campground and AmphitheaterSeasonalLincoln National Forest · NM9,010 ftSleepy Grass CampgroundFirst-comeSeasonalLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $308,780 ftSlide Group CampgroundLincoln National Forest · NM8,810 ftSouth Fork CampgroundFirst-comeLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $207,570 ftThree Rivers CampgroundLincoln National Forest · NMfrom $156,400 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
West Face Sacramento Mountains41,176 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Ortega Peak11,545 acres · 8 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

Who answers for this land

Lincoln National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Gabe Vasquez, official portrait
Gabe Vasquez (D)NM 2nd · 14 campgrounds · grade B
Melanie Stansbury, official portrait
Melanie Stansbury (D)NM 1st · 7 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
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly