Beautiful, quiet park with clean camping facilities. Has restrooms and showers. Great sleeping in…read morethe Chihuahua desert. Close proximity to White Sands and Los Alamos. There is the Dog Canyon trail, which is worth the trek. We didn't make it all the way through due to timing, but will definitely be back to finish.

Quiet and spacious campground for star gazing and close to White Sands NP. We would definitely stay…read morehere again. Friendly camp hosts. They also have sleds to borrow at the camp host station for sledding the dunes at White Sands.

Clean facilities, friendly staff, good price, nice neighbors. They even inquired how we were doing…read moreafter an epic all-night windstorm (tent site), would go back.

Our camp site was nice we paid more but our site had a swing fire pit, gas grill. The woman at the…read moredesk was so nice. We loved using the game room to play cards in. They had games for us to use and a book area where you could take and leave books at.

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!

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.

Love love LOVE this fishing spot!…read more Ok, so i know this is more of a kiddie pond meant for kids to guarantee a fish every time, but my husband and I have no shame in fishing it anyway! And the best part besides catching trout? THERE WERE TONS OF KITTIES THERE WHO LOVE HUMANS!!!! It was seriously one of the best feelings ever. Getting to hold a kitty in one hand and fishing for trout with a sugar cane pole in the other. Just perfection! Lol Theres also a big golden retriever named Hank i think. Such a sweetie and loves to be anyone's pal. Such an awesome place! The price to fish is pretty reasonable. Its 70cents per inch and each fish could be at least 10 inches. Theres 3 different parts to the pond and one has trout for 3$ an inch since they weigh up to 25lbs and the owner had a harder time gathering them. For the other 2 parts, theres 10 inch regular rainbow trout and some lightning trout. We made it our sole purpose to each catch a lightning or golden one and suceeded! It took us all of the 3 hours we were allowed to fish before it started getting dark and they said we had to wrap it up. We also had to use the pellets the owners use to feed the fish in order for the fish to even bite at our bait, but still! we conquered! Lol They include a license for you at the end to make it legal to have the fish so all you pay is just the 70cents per inch. Not bad at all. We will be back for more

Interesting and super fun!…read more Private pond with guarantee catches. Gosh we caught were 9'-12'. Total $132. Worth it to us because we didn't have to hassle with anything! We will return with the kids next time. Let them clean the fish!

Fun time today hiking the Osha Trail. It was tricky as a weather front moved in, but we committed…read moreand by the time we finished the scattered drizzle turned into sunshine. The trails in the national forest were clean, and easy to walk on. The markers on this trail were far and few between, but the trail was pretty obvious. We got to see elk and mule deer along the way. Also noticed on the back side of the trail there is a frisbee golf course. The leaves were turning over their fall colors. I would love to try this or some of the other area trails again in the winter snow. This park is very close to the village of Cloudcroft so if you need anything to prep for your outdoor adventures, you are close. We will return.

I love hiking in this area. Remember to leave No trace behind. Some trails are free, some require…read moreto register and pay $5 Cash fee. Beautiful trees and pines. You can spot birds, elk and deer. The stars might be clearly visible. Remember to drown your fires.

Great family camping experience here at Silver Lake this past July. My family and I came after a…read morebusy weekend, which was the last weekend before our boys went back to school July 28th. The two young guys (Reuben) working the camp host checkin lodge were professional, thorough and welcoming. The showers weren't avail due to maintenance/repairs upgrade, but I guess that's what comes with the camping experience. Always good to call ahead to verify the accommodations they have avail. They do sell firewood bundles which were helpful because with the recent rains during that time, made campfires hard to start without dry firewood. The skunks and wandering horses did make our overnight stay interesting. Thankfully we didn't get left in a stinky situation with these little creatures. There were Port-o-potties were avail, which were getting serviced the following morning which was a relief. Hard working crew of personnel at this campground. Will def be back with our family.

If I could give a zero, I would. The old, cranky, ugly, overweight woman host was the worse. She…read morepunched my car window after she stormed our car. She was insane. i would NEVER stay here....she was actually horrible!!!!!

This place was AWESOME! Off the beaten path, not far from all the pistachio stores. WORTH THE…read moreDRIVE! Wonderful park, great amenities, and a spectacular view (including some rainbows)! WAY better than anything in town. Truly a great value for the money! If you're in Alamogordo with your RV or trailer, THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

We had a great experience at Mountain Meadows. Crystal, the owner, met us when we came in and…read moreshowed us to our spot. Fresh coffee every morning on the laundry facility and fresh towels to use after a shower in the laundry facility. One of, if not, the best, campgrounds we have stayed in. Great facility and great management.

Let me start off by saying that I don't camp. Well, that used to be the case. Hubby wanted to head…read moreto New Mexico (900 miles from home!), and I saw that the high was 79, so I thought it was perfect timing to test out camping. We arrived and were met with the nicest people (who run/own the place). They checked us in, told us about some kid-friendly hiking trails, delivered our firewood, then let us be. The grounds are awesome - our site was by the river. I highly recommend that. The grounds also include kid play areas, a dog area, sand volleyball and a nice and CLEAN bathroom/shower/laundry area. IT WAS CLEANER THAN MOST MOTELS! The store on-site also sells ice, snacks, s'more fixins, and more. We camped three nights, adventuring out during the day - trails, Bonito lake, Riudoso shopping. Our girls loved it all. We will definitely be back!

I went camping here years ago with friends. We weren't smart and got in after dark and had a heck…read moreof a time trying to put tents up. There are some nice hiking areas around here.

We are about 10 days into our 14 day stay here. I'm sitting here on the Saturday of Labor Day…read moreWeekend and I thought I would go ahead and do my review of Slow Play. Normally, when we are first time in an area and RV park, at some point we cruise through the other RV parks to see if we might find one we like for our next time in the area. Not here. We like this park and the owners so much, we have not driven through any of the MANY campgrounds in Ruidoso. We will definitely return for at least a month (escaping the Texas heat). To keep it simple, I will ditto all the positive comments about Slow Play. The few negative comments occurred during the previous owner. This young couple have owned Slow Play for a couple of years (?) and actually run the place and are present "all the time". We are on a two month moho trip and selected Ruidoso as our last stop before heading home to central Texas. We had never been to Ruidoso, so we decided to stay two weeks and get to know the area, plus not traveling over the Labor Day weekend. I'm glad we did. I could actually stay longer, but time to get home. Other reviews mention that some campsites have permanent rigs/residents. This is a separate area and well maintained. The occupants are actually friendly; they wave and speak as we walk our dog. During our stay, the owners threw a get together for all the campers. Unfortunately, we were unable to attend. I have nothing negative to say. I really don't have any recommendations for improvement. The only better campground I have stayed in was the resorts that charge 100 plus a day; we were full-timers for 10 years and have stayed in a LOT of campgrounds and resorts (be careful of the term "resort").

Slow Play RV park in Ruidoso was well maintained and quiet. The restroom and showers were clean…read more The staff were helpful and the owner sent the maintenance guy with a wrench when we needed to disconnect our battery. When I asked where to dump my gray water, the owner came to my site to show me where it was. We would return here if we go back to Ruidoso. I would have liked to have more trees and little more shade, that is why I did not give them 5 stars.

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.

Deerhead is one of a handful of campgrounds near Cloudcroft, New Mexico in the Lincoln National…read moreForest. It is located just a couple of miles out of town but feels much more remote than that. The Lincoln National Forest has plenty of RV campgrounds but only a few that are suitable for tent camping, and all of them are located in the Cloudcroft area. At an altitude of about 9000' the campsites are only open from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend so we were there only a couple of weeks after they opened for the season. The campsites are primitive with only chemical toilets - no electricity or running water. There is an on-site camp host who does a good job of maintaining the campground. There are two loops with some of the campsites being sheltered by tall trees. Here are a few things you should know: 1. The flat fee is $20 per day 2. The entire campground is surrounded by the highway loop, however it is elevated and not as bad as you would think 3. There is wildlife, lots of it. We stayed two nights and our campsite was not approached 4. We camped on a weeknight and there was only one other camper in the park. The camp host told us that the weekends are at capacity. I would not want to be there on a weekend because some of the sites are much too close together 5. While some reviews mention RV's there is a sign stating that the campground is not suitable for RV's. There are no pads for them and the parking spots are more suitable for cars or SUV's We liked it so much we opted to stay an extra day despite the fact that it rained all night the second night. My rating is 4-stars for the positive experience we had. I might not have been so generous if the campground had been filled to capacity.