Great summer spots to stay in New Mexico?
We're considering a summer trip to New Mexico (probably northern New Mexico, where summer temps will be more moderate). Are there places that you can recommend that we should visit in New Mexico? ...
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We love New Mexico State Parks! Sites with electricity are normally $14/night. We wish Colorado State Parks were so reasonably priced.
Our favorite is Sugarite Canyon SP near Raton. We will be back there for the 3rd straight year on the first weekend in August. But, since the campground with the hookups is small and very popular, we had to get our reservations in February.
Sugarite is in a canyon just south of the Colorado state line, so we can stay in an inexpensive NM campground, then take a short hike into a great trout fishing lake in Colorado (I get a $1/year Colorado fishing license, but don't have a NM one). It also has some terrific wildlife viewing, as we have had mule deer walk through our campsite, seen herds of elk and flocks of wild turkeys near the road, and attracted dozens of hummingbirds to our nectar feeder hung on a tree next to our trailer.
There is also some high elevation, nicely shaded dispersed camping on USFS land between Cloudcroft and Sunspot in SE NM. It makes a great stop to or from Carlsbad Cavern, which, for obvious reasons, is the coolest spot in NM in the summer. And by "cool" I mean both temperature and enjoyable!
Our favorite is Sugarite Canyon SP near Raton. We will be back there for the 3rd straight year on the first weekend in August. But, since the campground with the hookups is small and very popular, we had to get our reservations in February.
Sugarite is in a canyon just south of the Colorado state line, so we can stay in an inexpensive NM campground, then take a short hike into a great trout fishing lake in Colorado (I get a $1/year Colorado fishing license, but don't have a NM one). It also has some terrific wildlife viewing, as we have had mule deer walk through our campsite, seen herds of elk and flocks of wild turkeys near the road, and attracted dozens of hummingbirds to our nectar feeder hung on a tree next to our trailer.
There is also some high elevation, nicely shaded dispersed camping on USFS land between Cloudcroft and Sunspot in SE NM. It makes a great stop to or from Carlsbad Cavern, which, for obvious reasons, is the coolest spot in NM in the summer. And by "cool" I mean both temperature and enjoyable!
