Terrero

The Terrero campground is right on the banks of the Pecos river. It has few services, but it is also free. People who fish will probably appreciate the closeness of the river.
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Campground data:

Controlling agency: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Location in the state: North-central; Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Waypoint(s): TRROCG
Elevation: Unknown
Number of campsites: No campsite count.. It depends on how creative you are about parking and how close you are willing to be to your neighbor.
When we visited it: 2001-09-22.
Cleanliness: 8/10
Fee: $0.00.
Water: No. None other than the river (treat it before drinking).
Garbage cans: No.
Fire pits: Yes. Not all sites have fire pits. Some have cooking grates. Others are rock rings.
Cooking grills: No.
Toilets: Vault. Only one for the campground.
Showers: No.
Handicapped accessible: No. Given that this campground has almost no services, there is not much to be accessible.
RV info: No electrical hookups. No water hookups. No sewer hookups.
When to camp: Apr--Nov.
General comments:

Some sites have picnic tables.

A gated cave is in the cliff.

Maps:

Map showing the location of the trailhead

Getting to the campground:

From the town of Pecos, NM, take New Mexico 63 north. Right before you would cross the river, there is a sign pointing to the Holy Ghost campground. Take this road, and almost immediately, there is a turn-off to the right which leads to the campground.

Across the river is the Terrero General Store which offers showers for $5.00.

Note that the road from Pecos is narrow and it has many sharp turns. Expect to take at least half an hour to get from Pecos to the campground.

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The campground:

Our truck in a campsite
To the left, you can see an average campsite. Between the truck and the cliff/hillside in the distance is the Rio Pecos. As you can see, it is quite close.
To the right you can see the Rio Pecos as it passes near the campground. This picture shows the river closer to the entrance to the campground than the other pictures (which do not really show the river at all).
The Rio Pecos as it passes the campsite
An overview of the campground
To the left is an overview of much of the campground. I took this picture from near the gated cave. Our truck is parked to the right, just outside of the frame.

Reader comments about this campground:

On Sun Jan 11 07:18:02 2004 james alexander from Somewhere said:
It was nice when the cave wasn't gated. You could explore for hours.

On Mon Feb 2 14:52:27 2009 Sarah from Rio Rancho, NM said:
We love the spot right after the 2nd bridge. Great access to the water. We watched several idiots on ATV's (no helmets) flip over a tough spot even for cars to go up. We went in Aug 08 and it was beautiful during the day, then the rain clouds would roll thru. It did hail like crazy for about 2 hours straight, then it was so cold. The people around where very nice. Alot of people give good fishing tips! The rangers where very friendly. We will be back there again this year!

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