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

Santa Fe National Forest

19 federal campgrounds, 7 of them with first-come, first-served sites, and 3 free to camp.

19Campgrounds

7With first-come sites

3Free to camp

87Sites, from 6

6,750–10,210 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 19 of these 19 campgrounds

Where they are

19 of 19 mapped

Drawing the map

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

The campgrounds · 19

19 campgrounds

ReservableOpen

Field Tract Campground

Santa Fe National Forest · NM

15 sites3 pull-through sitesrigs to 62 ft7,370 ftdrinking watertoilets

ReservableOpen

Rio De Las Vacas Campground

Santa Fe National Forest · NM

15 sites15 with a tent pad1 pull-through siterigs to 42 ft8,250 fttoilets

ReservableOpen

Paliza Group Campground

Santa Fe National Forest · NM

2 sites1 hike-in site2 with a tent padrigs to 24 ft6,750 fttoiletshookups

ReservableOpen

Clear Creek Group Campground (NM)

Santa Fe National Forest · NM

1 site1 with a tent pad1 group siterigs to 40 ft8,400 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups

Reservable

Paliza

Santa Fe National Forest · NM

42 sites27 with a tent pad3 pull-through sitesrigs to 50 ft6,810 fttoiletshookups

Reservable

Clear Creek Campground (NM)

Santa Fe National Forest · NM

12 sites11 with a tent padrigs to 47 ft8,460 fttoilets

Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.

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

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

watch

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monumentboundary · 12 mi

Roadless

Pecos WS River5,396 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Jacks Creek740 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Holy Ghost2,352 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Grass Mountain3,254 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Gallinas13,208 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Tesuque Creek810 acres · 3 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 · 6.4 mi from the nearest campground here · 15,483 acres · 79% contained

Wildfire

L.O.E. fire · 14 mi from the nearest campground here · 64 acres

Wildfire

Juniper fire · 18 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres

Wildfire

Mitchell fire · 19 mi from the nearest campground here · 1 acres

Wildfire

Santa Fe Trail fire · 28 mi from the nearest campground here · 60 acres

Wildfire

Arroyo Chorro fire · 41 mi from the nearest campground here · 391 acres

Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Santa Fe 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 · 19 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

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