City of Socorro Rodeo & Soccer Complex RV Park

Came here for my God Daughters graduation from NM Tech. Didn't realize the ceremony was being held at this complex. Very well maintained and the staff are incredible. Special thanks to Steve who went out of his way to help us out when my starter died. Took me to the Autozone and hooked me up with Antonio who is a great guy and mechanic. Everything worked and I could not be happier. Make sure you get a breakfast burrito at Blake's if you're here.

Large gravel lot with several trees planted and full hook ups. Best if you reserve online the day before you arrive. Nothing fancy but clean and easy in and out. If arriving after dark I suggest booking high number site because there is good lighting on that end for setting up. Socorro lane is furthest from the street running along the lot so least road noise. There is still road noise but nothing to keep you up at night in your rig.

It's a good stop if you you need a night on the road. Or if you're visiting the Basque wildlife Refuge a couple of days. Basically a flat lot with a few trees. It's full hookups but not every site is 50 amp. Half the sites are 30 amp.

Make sure you reserve early in the day or a day or two in advance. They lock the power pedestal and the guys who unlock them go home mid-afternoon. If you reserve late in the day for the same day, you won't have power.

There is some road noise but it quiets down after dark. Very quiet at night. Easy access off I-25. Very clean park.

We arrived on Sunday evening. There was one other rig there. We found a spot, then noticed that the pedestal was locked up. Went online to reserve and pay ($30 fhu, incl. 50 amp), but stopped short until we could make sure the ped would be unlocked. Called the after hours number. Left 2 messages. Guy next to us told us he had been leaving messages since 1230. No answer and no one to unlock the pedestal. So, I contacted the police since it was a city rodeo grounds. They had no idea what to do. So, we stayed in the spot and used no services. Nice warm evening, and a/c would have been nice!

I would give it a 5* if not for that! I would suggest contacting someone at the number on their website before going. We were sorely disappointed. There were no events going on, either. I imagine if there were, there would be no place to park!

I stayed here with my family on a week night in April and there was only one other person staying here. We had some trouble finding the location because the roads are so new they don’t show up on Apple Maps. Even though it is right off the highway you have to go way down and around to get to the entrance. The park itself is very clean, and orderly. The sewer is way at the back of the sight which made hooking up a little tricky but doable. Overall a very nice campground.

We spent one night here passing through. It was super easy… we showed up, picked out a spot, set up, then paid online.

Pull thru spots, full hookups, quiet on a weeknight. We drove through town on our way out… glad we stayed here as the other I. Town parks were jam packed like sardines.

A couple of tips… the posts next to the site says if it is 30 or 50 amps. Be sure to take the rodeo drive, not 60…. The entrance on 60 has a closed gate.

Don't put the name of the campground or rodeo ground in your GPS; it will take you onto US-60, from which there is no entrance. Put Fairgrounds Road in the GPS. Access is from Hwy-1, Frontage Road South, at the top of the first hill as you head south from town. There is a sign at the intersection. This apparently unnamed road becomes Rodeo Drive when it crosses Fairgrounds Road. Bear right when you get onto the gravel, and go to the right of the covered horse pens.

The campground is gravel, and poorly drained. There were large puddles and running streams each time it rained. The sites are very short. I had to park my tow vehicle in the next site, and then put it at an angle across the end of my site when the campground filled up.

When I booked my stay here, I didn't know it was to be a rodeo weekend. Check the rodeo ground schedule before you book. I was the only camper on Wednesday night. A few horse trailers came in Thursday, and then most came in overnight. When I got up Friday morning, the campground was full of horses.

Friday and Saturday were tolerable, except for growing amounts of manure throughout the campground. Things deteriorated Sunday evening after the rodeo. I will just say that I communicated with the city director of sports and recreation the next day, and I was assured that in the future, the police will patrol the campground during events to deal with noisy behavior and drunkenness.

Verizon 4G was rather slow, but there was free campground wifi, which was very fast, even when the campground was full during the rodeo. I got the password from an employee who came out to greet me when I arrived.

I have given my star ratings as if there had been no rodeo. It would be unfair to do otherwise. If it had not been for the rodeo, for which of course the campground was built, it would have been a very pleasant stay.