Cattlemen Trail Dispersed Camping

The wind did get strong at times and there is a sign that warns of bears in the area, didn't see any cows but seen their droppings all over, a few deep rutted spots in the road sites are pretty close together and the did have a few porta-potties .at the begining of the trail (but never used them so I can't say how clean they were) pretty active area used my phone as a hotspot and got about 3mbps. Road noise wasn't too bad but was noticable when quite. hikers would usually arrive just as or b4 sunrise.

We wanted to stay here and thought the place looked cool. It was nice to see trees! Unfortunately, while we could get AT&T internet, we could not make a phone call or send out a text, so we were unable to stay since we still have to be able to work. If you don't care about not being able to call, this would be a nice place to setup camp right on the continental divide though. Wish we could have made it work!

Stopped here on our way to Silver City (even with 31 ft class C with towing car on back). Easy access off highway, spot right off the entrance to the left over the cattle guard is great for large rigs To pull through and pretty flat although there are more stops up the road further and saw some other RVers up there in the morning, Lots of cattle and cattle droppings, but had a great experience for a quiet place to stay the night right along route.

Located in the Gila NF. I suppose it cannot be considered a campground but it does have large and well-spaced nitches carved out by the FS for tents or RVs. The CDT runs right thru it as there are markers. It's about 25 miles NE of Lordsburg. It's 01-01-20 and this will be my second night. Only a couple of hunters around. The elevation means cold nights and there are large patches of snow. There are also coyote and deer tracks, as well as fresh (as in today) black bear tracks a few yards away! I guess the bears aren't hibernating yet due to low snow and too warm temps.

We went to the back of looped road and there was an s curved with overhanging trees. Do not recommend taking large rigs or tall RVs that far back even though it looks like there is a lot of open land. Tree branches will leave deep scratches in the side of you RV even driving carefully. There is an area to your left, right after you pass the cattle grate bridge that could accommodate a large RV. There was only one other camper the night we stayed. Site was very unlevel. The one close to the road appeared more level. Be cautious if there was substantial rainfall, road had areas of washout.

While heading south to escape cold weather we stopped at this location for what we thought might just be an overnight and ended up staying for three nights.

Access is very easy and big rigs will have no problem

The camping areas are not far off the highway but the highway noise is minimal to not even noticeable

If you like off-roadIng there are an abundance of trails and we took our Polaris for a 30 mile drive through the mountains it was fantastic

The continental divide trail passes through this campground and I think there are people leaving water out for illegal immigrants heading north

There are a few cattle around and a few hikers and this is just a fantastic place to stop whether you are in a tent or in a big rig