Rockhound State Park Campground

Good Stopover for a Night or Two... great alternative to commercial park in Demming area off I-10. Several sites for larger rigs. If you use Starlink, be careful with site selection as the easternmost sites may be blocked by the mountain. We were in 27 and just cleared the mountain for a northern view. 27 appears to be the longest pull through site and we were very pleased with the site even though I had to find the crown of the pull through to achieve level.

-We stayed 1 night at site 16, which is the highest, most elevated site closest to the side of the mountain.
-Site is sized well and easily fits 2 vehicles and a trailer all side by side.
-Site has a covered picnic table and dedicated site garbage can.
-Quite a lot of bug activity when we stayed (large ants, wasps, and flies).
-Drive paths and sites are pea gravel— so very slippery! Had a challenging time backing into the site with a 2 wheel drive truck. Incline at site 16 did not help the matter. Could be messy and challenging after a rainfall.
-Drive in to campground contains a lot of low dipping roads, which may cause an issue with flooded roadways after a rain.
-Got 5G internet with T-Mobile at the campsite.
-Public restroom area was clean and well stocked (toilet paper and hand washing soap accessible in the restroom).
-Well maintained sites and general campsite areas.
-20 minute drive from campsite to Deming shopping area (Dollar General, AutoZone, etc.).

We found affordable RV camping at Rockhound State Park in New Mexico. In this video, we give a tour of Rockhound State Park and show the best campsites. Located just outside of Deming, New Mexico, Rockhound State Park has both electric and non-electric campsites, hot showers and flush toilets, a fresh water fill and an RV dump station. Verizon cellular service clocked in at 17.1 Mbps download speed and 6.35 Mbps upload speed. AT&T cellular service clocked in at 42.0 Mbps download speed and 8.77 Mbps upload speed. T-Mobile cellular service clocked in at 6.61 Mbps download speed and 12.7 Mbps upload speed.

"rockhound" alludes to the geology, but it's the view of the Florida Mountains at sunrise that will probably be the lasting memory. sites 1-3 with no hookups are really excellent for views but there's a bit of a steep incline that made us switch to 4x4. Lover's Leap trail delivers astounding 100 mile views, but is 1000 feet of elevation in a mile, kind of worth it just to drive 10 minutes to the trail head, where there's a picnic area. There's a nearby cell tower, which delivered surprisingly consistent internet for what feels like a very remote location.

We came to try to catch the end of the spring bloom and there is absolutely none due to lack of rainfall. That said, we still had a great time. Climbed up the face of the Little Floridas to the microwave towers and to Lover's Leap in Spring Canyon. We were wowed by the camp host welcome and raked gravel around the picnic tables and shade awnings. The restrooms were uber-clean. Push button lavatory faucets not so great but push button showers provided ample warm water duration for good showers. We liked site 04 due to spacing from other sites . You'll never level in the pull through portion of the site but there is more than enough space for a big rig on the south side of picnic table. We guess the proximity to I10 contributes to many more 1 night stands than multiple night stays here. We thought it was very quiet.

Highest site in CG. Did use 4x4 to back trailer last 10 feet due to tires slipping on pea gravel. Beautiful sunsets, stars and looking down onto Deming. Deming Mimbres museum not to be missed. Bike and hike to Lovers Leap trail was strenuous but well worth it. Amazon Hub pickup at Cookie Jar in Deming was convenient (and very good brownies and pecan bars!). Never did see Ibex’s although I looked for them. We would definitely return here.

Site 12 is great! Very deep back in. The 30amp breaker is touchy and we learned to keep power usage down to keep it from tripping.

We got a late start on arrival day so called ahead to let the park know we would be arriving around 10PM.

The volunteer on the phone said the gates close at 9PM but are not locked and she would let the park ranger know we are arriving late.

That afternoon the ranger called me to say give him a call when we are about 10 minutes out and he would meet us at the gate. We arrived at 9:45, and Robert the ranger was waiting for us and escorted us to our site.

Wow! This is the America I love. Many thanks for the help.

Beautiful location as many have said, view from our site awesome.

Dan.

Very spacious sites, level pads with water & electric. Camp host was very friendly, accommodating. Each site has its own trash can and Ramada's. Gorgeous views and awesome sunsets. Nice hiking trail. Very clean restrooms with showers and heated. This park deserves high rankings across the board. Not a bad site in the park, 5 stars! Will surely return to do more hiking in the park.