- Cibola National Forest
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Brown Family Camping
Brown Family Camping
42mi from Cibola National Forest · 8 sites · Tents, Lodging
2 acres on an old free range cattle grazing area. Away from the cities, central to the scattered historic sites like Gila Dwelling, Bandolier national monument, Salina’s mission ruins. Also an hour drive to the balloon festival in Albuquerque. 10 minutes to the Rio Grande River and the wildlife refuge.
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8 ratings · 5 reviews
April 2019
This campground is not well reviewed on other sites, but I'd like to make the case. Beautiful tree cover, a really sweet group cook/picnic building, and several small camp sites. Now this is great for us as we have a small bus. I would not recommend pulling your gigantic Torque Fifth Wheeler up there, you won't be able to turn around. On the road in there are some terrific boondocking sites along Lobo Canyon Creek that are more forgiving of larger campers. Great location, free camp, vault toilets and picnic area - it's free, what's not to like? Check out our links to free campgrounds on fearlessbus dot com.
Kris L.
6 years on Hipcamp
May 2018
Our visit was middle of May 2018 for 3 days. Good spot to hunker down a few days. Good review by Layne here but there is NOT potable water at campsite. Terrific atmosphere, remote and lightly used campground, concrete picnic tables at each site, good toilets. 35 miles to groceries and gas. Disbursed camping sites available very nearby to use the very good toilets at the campground. Privacy at campground is low. Hiking from there is excellent with most the best hiking uphill directly above the campground up a forest road one mile then onto well maintained trails. Almost all trails gaining elevation so all downhill walking out. It's 10 degrees cooler on average than Socorro about 35 miles away. We loved the remote feeling.
Robert D.
7 years on Hipcamp
March 2018
Great little campground. Lots of random roads to explore on foot or 4-wheel drive. 5 Level sites, pit toilets, no fees. Mature Ponderosa pines abound. Spent 2 night March-2018, only saw 2 other campers come and go.
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Patrick P.
7 years on Hipcamp
October 2017
The sites here are situated along a curving road, with the outer sites a bit higher up than the interior ones. Some have more foliage cover than others, but generally the level of privacy is not high. However, the mountain is beautiful, full of pines and aspens. There are clean and well-maintained pit toilets and potable water. Each site has a picnic table and a flat, sandy tent pad; there's not enough flat space otherwise to pitch a tent. Overall, a pleasant place, but better as an overnight stop than a place to pause for a few days.
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Layne S.
8 years on Hipcamp
September 2015
very big ground ! we arrived very late at night and just set up our tent in the field. there were a lot of other people, it feels like a "no law zone" haha. the sign says you have to make a reservation but we didn't, and didn't have any issue. best night sky ever, very good for stars seeing.
we left on the morning without exploring the area but it looks like you would have a blast spending a few days there, lot of outdoor activities.
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Quentin L.
10 years on Hipcamp