City of Rocks State Park

The drive in was easy and a reasonable distance to Silver City, which has seen better days. City of Rocks was the unexpected high point of this leg of our adventure. The rock formations and petroglyphs are fun to explore and camping amidst them was super cool. If you’re a bit less adventurous, there’s the RV camping area at the entrance. Admittedly, the road around to the sites within the rocks was rough. There’s a fair bit of washout in areas and could cause a low-rider to scrape. If our 30’ Airstream was not lifted 3”, I’m guessing we would have scraped 3-4 times. Most rigs will be fine, just be careful if you’re low. Great spot to explore nearby areas and a very nice hike up to the top of Table Mountain that starts behind the visitors center.

Stayed 11/5–8/2022 in site 44. Several trails to hike through the boulders. Interesting/educational Visitor Center. For sites nestled in the boulders, walk/view sites beforehand for length and level. All no-hookup sites have a "picnic patio" with table and grill/fire ring and privacy afforded by the huge rocks. Electric/Water hookup sites located more side-by-side in an area 220' and 320' from the rocks. Showers may deliver almost tepid to very hot water depending on time of day and number of prior bathers. NOTE there is no temperature dial control. The dial only diverts flow from shower head to hand-held shower. The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument was a 70-mile/2-hours drive to the north. 5R Travel Center with a free dump station was 30 miles southeast in Deming.

Amazing Stonehenge in the middle of the plains! If you don’t need to plug in take a site in Pegasus loop - far from the more crowded main loop. We were in site 16 a pull in, fairly level; sites 17 and 18 also looked good. Pit bathroom a short walk away. Table and fire pit surrounded by monoliths! The hydra trail is a great easy prairie walk, lots of lizards including horned toads, although we looked for tarantulas but didnt spot any. The Table Mountain trail is awesome! A little less than 2 miles each way, about 500 feet elevation, and incredible views in all directions. Highly recommend this campground and pick your spot and reserve…I think it fills fast on weekends especially during the summer. T-mobile service was 2-3 bars and good.

Stayed for 2 nights on my 2200 mile trip and for 1 night on my way back home. Both times at site 7 in the electrical loop (electricity and water). Great park with great views of the night sky. Clean bathrooms and showers. No dump station. Site 7 was clean and level with a nice shelter and picnic table. Fire ring and grill provided, but not usable due to the fire risk.
Fast T-Mobile 5G service, no OTA TV channels.
I feature the park in my video
https://youtu.be/itfHVuKnqVA

City of Rocks State Park is located 28 miles north of Deming, New Mexico. Many campsites are nestled in and among huge boulders which makes for a unique camping experience. There is a fresh water fill, hot showers, flush toilets, and four separate vault toilets at City of Rocks State Park. We did not find a dump station in the park. Verizon cellular service clocked in at 14.9 Mbps download speed and 0.72 Mbps upload speed. T-Mobile cellular service clocked in at 24.0 Mbps download speed and 4.43 Mbps upload speed. There was no AT&T cellular service at this location.

Very unique campground nestled in giant volcanic rocks. We stayed in the electric sites which are close together but adequately spaced imo. No dump station but the Velero truck stop in Deming has a free dump station. Drove to Silver City and hiked part of the continental divide trail- huge difference in topography and an easy 40 - 50 minute drive. The campground is very well maintained with the exception of no TP in the mens room the entire time we were there! Definitely worth a visit if you’re passing through!

We stayed at site #32. Just big enough for a small camper.. or van camper. Just below was #31.. that is a tent ONLY site.. You share the same drive way.. and parking can become an issue with bigger vehicles..
The toilets are just a few feet away.. very clean.
The winds where HOWLING and our site is a little bit in a wind tunnel.. But for us the site was perfect.
BTW site #31 .. shares the same drive up .. but is a TENT site only.. no way to put a bigger rig in that spot.. and try to level it.
water is available at the "windmill" and bathroom