Aguirre Spring Campground

Wonderful camp for smaller rigs and tent/car camping. Sites have covered shelters with picnic tables,grills and fire pits. There are two separate loops but one way road connecting them. If you go past either loop you must drive all the way around the the park again to get back to them. I suggest you pull in to the first loop and see if a good site available before going to 2nd loop. There is a great trail head just past first loop, "Pine tree Loop" that is moderately difficult but worth the effort if it is not to hot. Plan about 3 hours and bring lots of water and good hiking boots. Better yet, pack a lunch and stop at the primitive camp site half way thru for a rest.

Beautiful views in every direction. Trailheads for 2 hikes from the upper loop CG. No problem pulling our 24 ft TT into the CG, although less than half of the sites in the upper loop (sites 1-32) would be large enough for us to fit. Sites 33-55 in the lower loop are only good for tents and vans, and very unlevel. Unfortunately, if you drive to the lower loop and do not find a suitable site, you have to drive about 4 miles around the 1-way park loop to get back to the upper loop CG.

Wow. That’s all I could say as we drove into the campground. This hidden gem is tucked away in the high desert. We’re in site 18, which has awesome views of the peaks on one side and vista views of White Sands on the other. The kids have lots of room to play and spread out and we love being so close to the national park. We’ll definitely stay again!

We found this place while looking for a different one. So glad we did! We were surrounded by beautiful mountains. It snowed a couple of times. The spaces are tight so you have to watch your rig backing in. We did fine in our 22 5th wheel. Only small rigs under 25 are allowed. No dump station but there is water at the camp host site. All in all it was a great experience. We did not have cell or internet service. We use Verizon.

This is a great place to stay. The staff is friendly and helpful with local knowledge. Great hikes but watch out for snakes in the summertime. The entrance is winding with hair pin turns. We pulled our 22’ 5th wheel with no problems. The campsites are not level and more designed for tents but with some blocks and good wheel chocks you can find a good site for a trailer. Water is available at the camp host and it’s the best I have had.

This is not an “RV park.” It’s mostly tents with an occasional camper van or pop up. It’s quaint, quiet and serene. It is no place for gigantic rigs that need generators to run microwaves and ACs. People come here to relax, enjoy the quiet and hike.

But everyone’s entitled to experience public lands, so feel free to drag your massive rig up this one lane curvy mountainside road. I’ve seen only one pull-through. The rest are back in and some sites are accessible only by foot for tents. Please leave dogs who bark are everything the wind blows.

Road in is tight but doable with 24' chassis, not much bigger could do it. There are only about 4 sites big enough and level enough for a motor home, several more could accommodate a trailer less than 22'.

Gorgeous view of the valley looking east and rock spires behind you. There are a couple of trails to hike and if you are a rock climber this would be a great spot to setup base.

Lots of birds about, bearproof trash and clean vault toilets. I would come back.

What a great little campground! Isolated enough to be peaceful, close enough to Las Cruces and White Sands to be convenient. And did I mention the views?

Now, the downsides:
- We had the bad judgement to be here over Memorial Day weekend, so there were some big, noisy groups. Shoulda known better.
- Leveling is a challenge. We "straddled the hump" on site 18 to get level front-back, then needed 4 blocks under the left tires to get levelish side-side.