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4.8 (14 reviews)

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Bridal veil trail
Hillary P.

The trail to the bridal veil Falls is a moderate hike approximately 2.1 miles in with approximately 400 foot plus elevation gain. The trail itself is a rails to trails conversion, portions of it well marked and fairly easy, hiking. Washouts are a little bit more challenging. Nice views out to white sounds and nice and quiet in the park.

Sandra C.

Beautiful forest with lots of hiking trails and plenty of camping grounds. There's a lot of wild life especially elk and mule deers. If you love the outdoors, camping, fishing, or hiking, you will love our beautiful Lincoln Forest.

Lisa A.

What a beautiful forest! The trees were so green and lush. It's the perfect place to stop by to relax and reflect on life. I wouldn't mind doing yoga here sometime. It would be an amazing experience imo. Anyway...We stopped by recently when in Cloudcroft. It was pouring hail and rain that day. Luckily the car wasn't damaged from the hail! Phew! I love how this forest smells. I smelled pine trees and rain combined. Wow! One of the best smells in life if you ask me. Kind of random but I also love how Pine Sol smells. This forest is perfect for camping and hiking. There are forest fires here and there. There's signs all over to warn you of them. You are sometimes asked not to start a fire due to it being so dry. The most up to date information is also online. This is always good to know in order to plan your trip in advance. I suggest checking out their website before heading out. I highly recommend coming here. You'll feel better after visiting. I forgot to mention, there's also springs and waterfalls. Beautiful! I didn't see any wildlife during my visit. We'll definitely be back soon. It's a two-hour drive from El Paso.

Jassy P.

During the summertime, I love it here because this place does not get extremely hot like Las Cruces to the point I do not want to go outside. This place feels fresh and a fun place to explore and go camping. Don't be bothered by the mooing cows. They are harmless if you don't bother them. In the wintertime, you would not expect it would snow in the desert. Well, I would not. I was wrong. Snow day is beautiful here. Definitely looks like a post card. I love how you're able to come down, drive, pick a spot and chop down your Christmas tree. My 2nd year doing it and I enjoy it. The house smells piney and beginning to feel like Christmas. It's only $10 for a permit too! Drop the fake trees and get a real one !

Lincoln National Forest. View from OSHA trail through Devil's Elbow.
Yelitza C.

Escape Alamogordo and head to the mountains. Hiking trails for all levels and ages.Dog friendly. Plenty of camp grounds and picnic area that appear well maintained. You will run into flora, fauna, and friendly people.

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Check out the Railroad bridge :) Railroad observatory area* We came around sunset and it was beautiful

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The Camp @ Cloudcroft

The Camp @ Cloudcroft

4.4(16 reviews)
16.1 mi

This place was a nightmare. Over priced cheapy dirty lodging. The cabin was not as listed. It's a…read moreSHARED double wide trailer with the owner although listed (and priced) as a private cabin. Listed as family friend, yet we got a complaint that our kids noise was excessive from INSIDE of the cabin. The cabin comes with bad views and lots of attitude. Lodging walls are plastered in cheap tacky prints in goodwill frames with price tags on every single one. The "maintenance guy" came onto the property on our 1st morning to yell at us and treat us like children over the fire pit we used the night before, while my husband was still sleeping. He came trying to intimidate us, threatening that we are going to be charged for excessive damage, at the very start of our stay. There is NO communication here. No instructions, no checkout or checkin information, nothing. We placed a log on a propane firepit because we were supplied a nearly empty propane tank, and were unaware we could burn a log. Again, no information about ANYTHING anywhere inside or out, just an inaccurate map. After being berated and yelled at by the "maintenance man" multipe visits, we spent our Saturday morning cleaning out that firepit with our bare hands. It looked and functioned 10x better than when we arrived. Not my idea of vacationing! So we didn't mess with it the remainder of our 2 days there, robbing us of one of the few amenities we came for. We came for the view and campfire, both we didn't get to experience here. We went to politely and professionally talk to the owner after the maintenance man drama and he could care less and then sat there making lavish statememts, and saying comments like, "wheres your realtors license"... huh?!?! There's lots of lodging in this area, stay anywhere but here! You will find better accommodations at cheaper prices. Also, after reading my negative reviews, the camp sent me a private message on social media calling me "low life". The owner also made a very bizarre comment on my Facebook review requesting that I friend him. This is the usual MO with any negative review (guest shaming and intimidation) as you can see on any site with 1 star reviews.

Great location, was passing through and was able grab the "cozy cabin" for a night, but the star…read moreof the show is the ristas food truck, ristas was insanely good, the seared ahi tuna, and a monster quesodilla were better than any sit down I've ever been to. Tons of wildlife on the property, camp host even tried to lure them closer to get pics! Best spot in NM!

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The Camp @ Cloudcroft - Large Shaded Sites

Large Shaded Sites

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Live Music in the Pavilion!

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Deerhead Campground - Wild horses come very close!

Deerhead Campground

4.3(4 reviews)
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After we bought a camper we wanted to head out to Cloudcroft to give it a real go around. Deerhead…read moreCampground obviously isn't desolate camping, but it's in a secluded enough area that many sites were open when we arrived. Normally when we go camping I don't care about wi-fi or cell signal because I'm too busy building fire pits and what not, but when we're at a site that we can't exactly just let our dogs go off and roam (because they will steal people's food... Yogi Bear Syndrome), we tend to be confined to our sleeping arrangement areas; lo and behold, we had cell signal! A+ for that. We Netflixed any time we were going to be inside for longer than an hour. The whole campground is pretty nice. We only saw about half, but it seemed to go a lot further than we ventured while pulling the camper. Each site has space big enough for at least a car and some have additional space for a camper (up to 25 feet long). The sites aren't too close together so that's nice. And most of the area is riddled with benches and a couple of fire pits. While we were here we took our dogs on a hike that followed the campsite/highway. Really beautiful and leisurely walk. There were a couple of rules to this site that you should know... 1. It's $20 to camp or picnic here for one car (a trailer or camper doesn't count as an additional vehicle)/two people any more than that and I think there is an additional fee. 2. Dogs must remain on a leash and they do have people checking. 3. Generators can't be ran past 10 PM and before 6 AM. All in all, I enjoyed this campsite for what it was and if we ever need to find a quick spot to tie us over for the night, this will be our first stop.

I slept in the back of my old rig here. Lots of fun. Vault toilets very clean. At 8700 feet, so…read morestill gets chilly in July. Only gripe is that sunspot highway wraps around the campground but it's still pretty quiet at night. Definitely would be back to escape the heat!

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Deerhead Campground - Hammock life is best.

Hammock life is best.

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Lincoln National Forest - campgrounds - Updated May 2026

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