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

Santa Fe National Forest

Here, 31% take walk-ups.

26Campgrounds
8Take walk-ups
3Free to camp
$5–$20A night, across 6
131Sites, from 10
6,410–10,210 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 26 of these 26 campgrounds

Where they are

26 of 26 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

26 campgrounds
Field Tract CampgroundReservableOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NM3 pull-through sites15 sitesrigs to 62 ft7,370 ftdrinking watertoiletsRio De Las Vacas CampgroundReservableOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NMfrom $2015 with a tent pad1 pull-through site15 sitesrigs to 42 ft8,250 fttoiletsJacks Creek Group AreaReservableOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NMSites from $1002 group sites2 sitesrigs to 40 ft8,960 ftPaliza Group CampgroundReservableOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NMSites from $751 hike-in site2 with a tent pad2 sitesrigs to 24 ft6,750 fttoiletsClear Creek Group Campground (NM)ReservableOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NMSites from $751 with a tent pad1 group site1 siterigs to 40 ft8,400 ftdrinking watertoiletsPalizaReservableSanta Fe National Forest · NMfrom $1527 with a tent pad3 pull-through sites41 sitesrigs to 50 ft6,810 fttoiletsBlack Canyon Campground (Santa Fe National Forest, NM)ReservableSanta Fe National Forest · NMfrom $206 walk-in sites35 with a tent pad36 sitesrigs to 61 ft9,150 fttoiletsClear Creek Campground (NM)ReservableSanta Fe National Forest · NMfrom $2011 with a tent pad12 sitesrigs to 47 ft8,460 fttoiletsPanchuelaReservableSanta Fe National Forest · NMfrom $56 hike-in sites6 sites8,350 ftdrinking watertoiletsHoly Ghost Group AreaReservableSanta Fe National Forest · NMSites from $1001 pull-through site1 group site1 siterigs to 99 ft8,270 fttoiletsBlack Canyon CampgroundOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NMfrom $108,540 ftdrinking watertoiletsCowles CampgroundFirst-comeOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NM8,220 fttoiletsE.V. Long CampgroundOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NM7,470 fttoiletsEl Porvenir CampgroundFirst-comeOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NM7,500 fttoiletsRio Chama CampgroundFirst-comeOpenSanta Fe National Forest · NM6,410 ftAspen Basin CampgroundSanta Fe National Forest · NM10,210 fttoiletsBig Tesuque CampgroundSanta Fe National Forest · NM9,700 fttoiletsBorrego Mesa CampgroundSanta Fe National Forest · NM8,730 fttoiletsCoyote Canyon Camping AreaSanta Fe National Forest · NMFree7,980 fttoiletsHoly Ghost CampgroundSanta Fe National Forest · NM8,120 fttoiletsIron Gate CampgroundFirst-comeSanta Fe National Forest · NM9,370 fttoiletsJohnson Mesa CampgroundFirst-comeSanta Fe National Forest · NM9,490 fttoiletsLinks Tract CampgroundFirst-comeSanta Fe National Forest · NM8,170 fttoiletsPaliza Family CampgroundSanta Fe National Forest · NM6,790 fttoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Watch
Roadless
Rancho Viejo3,827 acres · 0 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Jacks Creek740 acres · 0 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Pecos WS River5,396 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Little Tesuque815 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Tesuque Creek810 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Holy Ghost2,352 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.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 9, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Frijoles fire · 4.7 mi from the nearest campground here · 15,956 acres · 100% contained
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Oct 20, 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, official portrait
Teresa Leger Fernandez (D)NM 3rd · 26 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