Taos Plateau Area of Critical Environmental Concern

3 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

3Campgrounds

7,500–7,510 ftElevation

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

Where they are

3 of 3 mapped

Drawing the map

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

The campgrounds · 3

3 campgrounds

Big Arsenic SpringsTaos Plateau Area of Critical Environmental Concern · NM7,510 ft Little Arsenic Springs CampgroundTaos Plateau Area of Critical Environmental Concern · NM7,500 ft Montoso CampgroundTaos Plateau Area of Critical Environmental Concern · NM7,500 ft

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

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

developing

Rio Grande del Norte National Monumentrollback, boundary · 7 mi

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 · Aug 12, 2026

Who answers for this land

Taos Plateau Area of Critical Environmental Concern’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 · 3 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

SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly