Rio Chama, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River

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

1Campgrounds

1With first-come sites

6,410 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 1 of these 1 campgrounds

Where they are

1 of 1 mapped

Drawing the map

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 1

1 campground

Rio Chama CampgroundRio Chama, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River · NM6,410 ftFirst-comeOpen

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

Roadless

Chama WS River4,168 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Chama Wilderness1,295 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Mesa Alta1,868 acres · 9 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

Juniper fire · 32 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres

Wildfire

Mitchell fire · 35 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres

Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 5, 2026

Who answers for this land

Rio Chama, New Mexico Wild and Scenic River’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