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littlemo
Dec 25, 2015Explorer
My husband and I just spent the month of October in New Mexico. We bought the State Parks pass ($225) and more than got our money's worth. The State Parks in NM are awesome.
You didn't say how long you would be traveling. Are you camping?
If you like hiking and scenic drives the northeast corner around Taos is beautiful. Taos is really neat little town. Chama area is Pretty.
The area around Silver City in the Southwest is also lovely. The Gila Cliff Dwellings are very interesting. City of Rocks State Park is a "must-see" even if you don't camp there.
The following State Parks are the ones we stayed in and can review.
City of Rocks Loved it. Has hookups but no dump station though.
El Vado Lake
Beautiful Views/Sunrises/Sunsets.
Caballo Lake Nice views/sunsets/sunrises/ Windy.
Leasburg Dam Small/ nice.
Sugarite Canyon Small/ wildlife wanders through campsite/ Beautiful drive up to top of canyon.
Navajo Lake (New Mexico) very crowded sites.
Monzano Mountainssmall/electric. water at spigots. Neat for summer.
Bluewater State Park Park is neat. Horses wandering around in park. Park not close to many things we were interested in but pretty park.
Hyde Memorial Very few sites with hookups. Non hookup sites are very tight. Convenient to Santa Fe.
Cimarron Canyon SP Small mountain CG. No hookups but near beautiful drives and Taos.
Didn't stay here but drove through and they look very nice.
Elephant Butte
Rockhound
You didn't say how long you would be traveling. Are you camping?
If you like hiking and scenic drives the northeast corner around Taos is beautiful. Taos is really neat little town. Chama area is Pretty.
The area around Silver City in the Southwest is also lovely. The Gila Cliff Dwellings are very interesting. City of Rocks State Park is a "must-see" even if you don't camp there.
The following State Parks are the ones we stayed in and can review.
City of Rocks Loved it. Has hookups but no dump station though.
El Vado Lake
Beautiful Views/Sunrises/Sunsets.
Caballo Lake Nice views/sunsets/sunrises/ Windy.
Leasburg Dam Small/ nice.
Sugarite Canyon Small/ wildlife wanders through campsite/ Beautiful drive up to top of canyon.
Navajo Lake (New Mexico) very crowded sites.
Monzano Mountainssmall/electric. water at spigots. Neat for summer.
Bluewater State Park Park is neat. Horses wandering around in park. Park not close to many things we were interested in but pretty park.
Hyde Memorial Very few sites with hookups. Non hookup sites are very tight. Convenient to Santa Fe.
Cimarron Canyon SP Small mountain CG. No hookups but near beautiful drives and Taos.
Didn't stay here but drove through and they look very nice.
Elephant Butte
Rockhound
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