Chosa Primitive Campground

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

Mid September 2022. Stayed two nights while we visited Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountain. This site is very convenient to both parks, however as of today the lots is completely overgrown with weeds and wild flowers. They are tall enough to hide all of the larger rocks and fire pits. Have someone walk ahead of your vehicle as you park. There were only 3 others there each night. It was very quite and we had no issues. Large dumpster on the site.