Main Gate RV Dump Station
RV Dump Station
Write a Review 2700 East Rd. Los Alamos, NM 87544 Official WebsiteGPS: 35.8761, -106.2538
Overview of Main Gate RV Dump Station
Longest RV Reported: 34 feet
Reported by tdrager on 4/13/2018
Elevation 6,988 ft / 2,129 m
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Reviews of Main Gate RV Dump Station 8 people have reviewed this location.
“Free dump & Potable Water”
Reviewed 5/9/2023
Price: | FREE! |
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Perfect spot to dump your tanks and fill your water on your way in or out of Los Alamos. Easy access and best part is its FREE!
TheTravelingSweethearts would use this facility again
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Reviewed 3/28/2022
I live in Los Alamos and use this handy dump station after most of our short trips. Yes, it is free!
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“I Believe the dump is free...”
Reviewed 11/22/2020
Price: | FREE! |
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Stopped here just to dump. Didn’t see a place to pay, so I’m pretty sure if you are just dumping you don’t have to pay. I could be wrong. Very clean dump station with a threaded spigot to rinse your black tank and one to fill your potable water. A few benches there under some awnings that are very clean as well. The only con is that... more
Stopped here just to dump. Didn’t see a place to pay, so I’m pretty sure if you are just dumping you don’t have to pay. I could be wrong. Very clean dump station with a threaded spigot to rinse your black tank and one to fill your potable water. A few benches there under some awnings that are very clean as well.
The only con is that the potable water spigot is right next to the dump. I prefer it when they separate these so the clean water spigot isn’t mistakenly used to rinse black tanks. After spraying the spigot with Lysol, we went for it and I will say that the potable water tastes amazing.
Vegasveegs would use this facility again
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“Well-located dump station ”
Reviewed 3/21/2020
Maybe this isn’t the most comfortable overnight — I doubt I’d want to pay $10 for it — but the dump station has potable water, is clean and level, and appears to be free, which is a rarity in this particular area. There are plenty of trash cans nearby.
whitney would use this facility again
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“Noisy parking lot”
Reviewed 8/20/2018
Price: | $10 |
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I stayed here one night so that I could take my truck and scout out where to camp in the area. You have to drive 3 miles to the Aquatic Center (city swimming pool), and fill out a form, to get the $10 camping permit. It's just a parking lot beside a busy highway, and right off the end of the county airport runway. I would certainly ... more
I stayed here one night so that I could take my truck and scout out where to camp in the area. You have to drive 3 miles to the Aquatic Center (city swimming pool), and fill out a form, to get the $10 camping permit.
It's just a parking lot beside a busy highway, and right off the end of the county airport runway. I would certainly never stay here again, even for one night. I went scouting in my truck, and found that the boondocking locations in the area were not suitable for my trailer, so I moved to the White Rock Visitor Center, and stayed there for a week. I highly recommend White Rock, whether you plan to stay one night or longer.
The dump station was clean, and free. There is fresh water, but no dumpster.
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“Value Parking Lot Camping near Los Alamos”
Reviewed 4/13/2018
Price: | $10 |
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PROS: Low Cost - $10/night Dump station Two frost-free waterwayer sources: Dump station water and potable (blue handle) water Only 2 miles from town Great views Beautiful Trail into town Many atomic bomb science, history and native american cultural exhibits in town Coop Market within walking range CONS: It’s a parking lot ... more
PROS:
Low Cost - $10/night
Dump station
Two frost-free waterwayer sources: Dump station water and potable (blue handle) water
Only 2 miles from town
Great views
Beautiful Trail into town
Many atomic bomb science, history and native american cultural exhibits in town
Coop Market within walking range
CONS:
It’s a parking lot
Car dwellers who don’t pay. One has parked here a year, although she had a nice car.
Constant flow of traffic on the road and campsite during the day. Quieter during the night.
Back up to barbed-wire fence
tdrager would use this facility again
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“Name has been changed”
Reviewed 2/10/2017
This location is now known as "Main Gate Park" after the land was transferred to Los Alamos County from the Kiwanis Club. The county has added a facade in front of the bathrooms that give a historic image of what a security entrance looked like back in the Manhattan Projects days. Everything else is pretty much the same. The RV parki... more
This location is now known as "Main Gate Park" after the land was transferred to Los Alamos County from the Kiwanis Club. The county has added a facade in front of the bathrooms that give a historic image of what a security entrance looked like back in the Manhattan Projects days. Everything else is pretty much the same. The RV parking fee is $10 for an overnight stay.
It was originally intended as a place for lab contractors to park their RVs overnight. Overnight RVparking is still allowed after getting a $10 permit from the county. Call the Aquatic Center Front Desk at (505) 662-8170 for more information. You can pay the $10 and get your permit at the Aquatic Center Front Desk, when it is open [ 2760 Canyon Rd, Los Alamos ].
It's a bare bones paved parking lot with a heated bathroom with running water and flush toilet. It's right next to the highway into Los Alamos and so it is has a lot of road noise. It is used by a lot of contractors working at the national lab who don't care much about having a pretty place to stay in their RVs, but views are great from here. There is a health-food co-op market less than a mile west along with a paved bike trail that starts across the street from the market and goes into downtown Los Alamos. You can easily walk to the market.
Greg - Sock Monkey Trekker would use this facility again
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“Clean, Little Known Facility”
Reviewed 8/11/2015
I asked about the Kiwanis Entrance Park at the Chamber of Commerce in town and got a blank stare followed by a "we don't have a Kiwanis Park" response. That led me to do some research. The small entrace sign did mention Kiwanis. The map in the Visitor Guide calls it Eastgate-Sunrise Park which isn't even mentioned in the table of parks... more
I asked about the Kiwanis Entrance Park at the Chamber of Commerce in town and got a blank stare followed by a "we don't have a Kiwanis Park" response. That led me to do some research. The small entrace sign did mention Kiwanis. The map in the Visitor Guide calls it Eastgate-Sunrise Park which isn't even mentioned in the table of parks shown in the same document. The table of parks shows it as Entrance Park which makes sense when you see the picture.
In addition to the dump station (which has threads on the flush water spigot!), there is a covered ramada with two picnic tables, a comfort station, and a large parking lot where you'll have to turn around since it's a dead-end facility. I didn't ask about overnight parking, but there was one 5th wheel set up in the corner that looked like it had been there a while.
No matter what it's called, the price is accurate, and even if the folks in the Information Center don't know about it, it's located just off the east end of the airport on the road coming into town.
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