Chosa Primitive Campground

We stayed a week and had no issues besides high winds keeping us up all night for a few of those days. There is a big dumpster but no other amenities. It got pretty busy, but never to the point of running out of room while we were there. I do have to say, though, Sunset Reef campground down the road has better views and a bathroom so I prefer it if it’s not full :)

Great Starlink and cell service.

We checked this out during the day and it is a nice level spot with easy access. We parked at night after staying to see the bats exit the caverns. It was great to be so close since we went back into the park the next morning. We were the only ones there and it was our first time at a BLM site so we were a little nervous to be so isolated but everything worked out fine. Great views of the night sky was a bonus.

We stayed here for the max 14 nights, our longest boondocking stay so far.

As others said, it's just a very large dirt/grave lot surrounded by pipe fencing. That being said, it was largely level throughout and the views of the surrounding mountains were above average. Access was very easy right off of the highway. There were some small (think bottle cap) sized trash, but nothing crazy.

There is a moderate amount of highway noise.

While we were here, it was mostly multi-day campers. Everyone was largely considerate, though there are no generator rules. If they had one, they're running one even throughout the night and early morning.

The only amenity on site is a large dumpster, but Whites City is just down the road. Check out Rattlesnake Springs across the street while you're here.

Verizon speeds were excellent with 44 Mbps download and 18 up. T-Mobile was similar with 61/14. Speeds were obtained with a roof mounted Pepwave Mobility antenna.

This was our first experience dry camping. Nice gravel lot with tash facilities. Plenty of room to set up. There were tents, smaller rigs, skoolies and big rigs are all accommodated. We stayed 5 nights, and had some beautiful and quiet sunrises and sunsets over the Guadalupe mountains were nice. We did experience some high wind (30-65mph), not sure if this is a normal for the area or not. The main feature was the location, about 15- 20 minutes to Carlsbad Caverns, and 30 to some hiking in Guadalupe Mountains. We had great T-mobile & Verizon service, both of us were able to work with just T-mobile hotspot.

Nice open BLM space, some large rocks to look out for, some ant hills. We saw a centipede and some lizards (I’m glad we were camped off the ground). Very level, open parking lot for camping. The center is supposed to be available for parking, but it has gotten overgrown with some vegetation, so people are mostly parking on the perimeter. This campground is pretty quiet even though it is 1/4 mile from Hwy 62, just south of Mile Marker 9. We had strong Verizon signal and were able to conduct Zoom meetings and FaceTime video calls.
10/7/22 — Verizon 41.4 down, 6.1 up
10/8/22 — Verizon 72.5 down, 23.0 up