Sapillo

An undeveloped campground amongst the ponderosa pines in the Gila National Forest.

Campground data:

Controlling agency:	Gila National Forest; Wilderness Ranger District; campground web site
Location in the state:	Gila National Forest;
Waypoint(s):	GSCG
Elevation:	6319ft; 1926m
Number of campsites:	No campsite count.. No developed campsites; where you park is where you camp.
When we visited it:	2000-12-27.
Cleanliness:	10/10
Fee:	$0.00.
Water:	No.
Garbage cans:	No.
Fire pits:	No.
Cooking grills:	No.
Toilets:	Portajohn.
Showers:	No.
Handicapped accessible:	No.
RV info:	No electrical hookups. No water hookups. No sewer hookups.
When to camp:	Jan--Dec.
General comments:	We saw wild turkeys nearby.

Maps:

Online from topozone.com
Online from terraserver-usa.com
Satellite image from terraserver-usa.com
USGS Topo Quad 1:24,000 North Star Mesa
USGS Topo Quad 1:100,000 Mogollon Mountains
USGS Topo Quad 1:250,000 Clifton
Gila National Forest map

Getting to the campground:

Take NM 35 north from Mimbres. At the sign, turn left. Follow the main dirt road; there are several smaller side roads which you do not want. At a Y, there is (or was when we were there) a sign with an arrow pointing right. Take the right branch. The campground is only a little further.

The campground:

	There is not much to this campground but the ponderosa pine forest.
However, at least when we visited, this campground is one where you are less likely to be bothered by any neighbors.

Reader comments about this campground:

On Sun Jul 24 10:47:41 2005, Dennis Betts from Las Cruces, New Mexico said:
Very nice unimproved campground...Close to lake Roberts.....

On Mon Apr 17 06:30:44 2006 Steve from Las Cruces, NM said:
I was very disapointed. I was expecting this camp site to be undeveloped. Instead I found that the forest service has installed potties and trash cans.

Our visit was inundated with ATVs and hikers who would invade our camp site. It was noisy and no privacy. There were over 100 campers, trailers and even a few bus size RVs who parked there.

On Fri Mar 7 19:53:23 2008 lilj from Deming said:
It was really fun and my grand kids really liked it because they got to ride there four wheelers. Its a fun place to ride four wheelers and just relax well your kids have fun.

On Mon Mar 31 13:38:35 2008 Norma from Somewhere said:
We love this campground --- its clean thanks to trash cans.

We love that we can go ride the 4 wheelers, good clean fun for the entire familiy

On Fri May 2 21:52:07 2008 Jacob from Deming said:
We loved it there because it was clean and we got to ride the four wheelers. If you go you will have fun and if any one wanna ride in a group email me at jacobperez72@yahoo.com

On Sun Apr 5 11:39:58 2009 steve from las cruces said:
I hope nobody strings piano wire around the sites to dissuade ATV riders.

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