You can use the fire ring here, but no lake or stream near by:
Hyde State Park above Santa Fe We used the CG off the highway, but there are others up into the trees & hillside as well.
Park MapBut just before the state park, there is a neat Forest Service Campground,
Black Canyon .
There is
Abiquiu Lake COE CG, but not sure if they have fire rings or not. Never been there. But have driven by it. Two neat stops, north of Abiquiu, worth a see would be the Echo Amphitheater, a Natural rock formation, and the Ghost Ranch Piedra Lumbre Education and Visitor Center, located on U.S. Highway 84 just one mile north of the main Ghost Ranch entrance, has exhibits and a gift shop. A very nice museum in "O´Keefe Country." The Echo Amphitheater is past the visitor center some miles.
Bandelier Nat'l Mon't about an hour or so from Santa Fe. As we got close to White Rock, we found, "Currently all access to the most visited part of the park, Frijoles Canyon, is via a mandatory shuttle bus from the nearby community of White Rock." We stopped at the shuttle stop in White Rock, asked if the campground was still open. It was & the one can catch the shuttle at the turn off to the campground. It is free. It is provide free by the County of Los Alamos & they have several bus routes in Los Alamos & White Rock, all free. A very nice service with excellent buses. The have fire rings. No lake or running water except down in the canyon. We chose Juniper CG (3 loops, 56 sites I believe). $6 a night with Senior Pass. No electric, first come, first served, water near by in campground & at the dump station. Nice campground. Flush toilets, no showers. One may run generator from 8 am to 8 pm if needed. The other CG was very nice as well. One can drive down to the Frijoles Canyon Visitor Center after 5:30 pm. Which we did, but took the shuttle the next morning; drove closer, then walked to the site near the entrance to the campgrounds. Not crowded going back. Very nice bus. One could hike down from the campground (1 1/2 mile) tour the sites & take a shuttle back to the campground. One could also take the shuttle to White Rock do shopping, see the sights, transfer to Los Alamos, etc. using the bus system.
CampingI have been to
Conchas Lake COE, but can't remember if they had fire rings or not. It been a long time. Seems like they did.
Another COE area,
Santa Rosa Lake, but not been to it. Also, it's approximately 121 mi E of Albuquerque.
Even farther from ABQ,
Conchas Lake, 34 mi NW of Tucumari on NM 104.
One could call to see if the have fire rings or not.
There is also a state park at
Santa Rosa Lake, never been there, but I assume they have fire rings.
We'd overnighted at this one when it was a NM State Park, not far from the Rio Grande, walking distance, but not sure if it is still open or not??????:
Senator Willie Chavez - City Campground
Total sites: 12, No RV Dump, No Showers, No Toilets, RV Fee: $14, Open all year, Elev: 4810', Tel: 505-864-3915, Nearest town: Belen.
Above the Rio Grande,
Coronado Campground, Town of Bernalillo Campground. Used it when it was also a state park. Had fire rings. But kind of in town-like, as is one in Belen. Campground
Link The North Remote Area should be less crowded.
Map I believe one can park an RV there.
Never been in the camping areas by Pecos, but friends have done so. Holy Ghost campground has two sections, upper and lower loops. The upper loop stretches up a mountainside - all sites are walk-in. The lower loop runs along Holy Ghost Creek with some sites overlooking the creek. Generally, the campground extends up a grassy valley surrounded by Aspen, spruce and a few Ponderosa pine. This is a tranquil campground with sounds of the creek and birds all around.
HG Campground Also
Jacks Creek CG has one section for RVs and tents. The RV and tent section stretches out across an Aspen-encircled mountain meadow with a spectacular view of the Pecos Wilderness and snow-capped Round Mountain. There are double occupancy sites but with only one grille. Wildlife visiting the campground include coyote, elk and deer. Wild flowers such as iris, raspberry, wild roses and paintbrush are abundant. Although Aspen is the dominant tree, Spruce and Ponderosa pine are plentiful.
