41 campgrounds that take tents and no RVs in New Mexico

Every one of them is run by the Forest Service. Gila National Forest holds the most of them in the state. Sizes are lopsided, from 3 sites at the small end to 53 at the large.

A campground is listed when its Recreation.gov site records permit tents and permit no RV at any site.

Reservable Partly reservable First-come, first-served

All 41

Campground	Agency	Sites	Booking	Link
South Fork Campground	FS	53	First-come	Details →
Pines Campground	FS	24	Reservable	Details →
Skyline Campground	FS	17	First-come	Details →
Cherry Creek Campground	FS	12	First-come	Details →
Head of the Ditch Campground	FS	12	First-come	Details →
Three Rivers Campground	FS	12	First-come	Details →
Apache Creek Campground	FS	10	First-come	Details →
Bighorn Campground	FS	6	First-come	Details →
Panchuela	FS	6	Partly reservable	Details →
Armijo Springs Campground	FS	5	First-come	Details →
James Canyon Campground	FS	5	First-come	Details →
Wolf Hollow Campground	FS	5	First-come	Details →
Valle Tio Vinces Campground	FS	4	First-come	Details →
Gallinas Campground - Upper	FS	3	First-come	Details →
McMillan Campground	FS	3	First-come	Details →
Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground	FS	3	Reservable	Details →
Aspen Basin Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Aspen Group Campground	FS		Reservable	Details →
Big Tesuque Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Borrego Mesa Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Canjilon Lakes Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Cosmic Campground International Dark Sky Sanctuary	FS		First-come	Details →
Cowles Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Coyote Canyon Camping Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Dipping Vat Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
E.V. Long Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
El Porvenir Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Gwynn Tank Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Iron Gate Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Jacks Creek Horse Camp	FS		First-come	Details →
Ojo Redondo Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Pueblo Park Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Quaking Aspen Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Railroad Canyon Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Resumidero Camping Area	FS		First-come	Details →
Rio Chama Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Rio Chama Campground, Small Group Sites	FS		First-come	Details →
Rio Puerco Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Slide Group Campground	FS		Reservable	Details →
South Fork Campground	FS		First-come	Details →
Willow Creek Campground	FS		First-come	Details →

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