Reviews

For City Of Rocks State Park: Wonderful place to stay. We stayed for 3 nights. Staff very helpful and nice. Stargazing and sunsets and sunrises are beautiful. We stayed in site 10 (not a pull thru but was fairly easy to level our 23 ft. trailer), seemed almost secluded and the views were breathtaking. The only negative was the shower. Not too warm and only gives you a minute of water before you have to press the button again. We would definitely stay here again.

Posted Feb 14, 2018 by Melanie from Richardson, TX. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For City Of Rocks State Park: Wonderful park. Great staff. Tony, park staff has outstanding knowledge of birds, butterflies and mammals. Very helpful. Would get 5 stars except showers are impossible with 10 second push and room temp.

Posted Oct 18, 2017 by Audbird from MI. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For City Of Rocks State Park: Stayed 3 nights in May 2017. Sites mostly level and restrooms modern and clean. Agree with previous comments about the short duration of the showers. Keep pushing the shower button and eventually you will get clean. Didn't use RV shower because campground does not have dump station. Big drawback if staying long term. Wonderful star viewing at night.

Posted May 23, 2017 by Wally Bob from NM. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For City Of Rocks State Park: We were very pleasantly surprised by this small campground and very glad we scheduled the time here even with the shower situation and the lack of ATT signal.

First, CORSP is very easy to get to from I-10 since you exit at Deming, head north for 24 miles and then east for another few until in the middle of the plain you are in an otherworldly collection of rocks. Formed after a volcanic eruption millions of years ago that left a huge hardened chunk of lava, the rocks gradually broke apart leaving boulders and columns of all shapes and sizes that arise from the ground. Scattered among these are campsites for all types-which are non-electric and off to the side-10 electric ones. Several of these seem to be occupied by volunteers though so the actual number available may be closer to 7 or 8. The electric sites are mostly level while the others vary. But we saw truck campers, tenters, small trailers, larger 5th wheels and two 40' class A's all within the campground-and all except the larger ones are tucked right up against the rocks. Several campers had set up within the rocks and their sites looked wonderful. There are two group areas as well. The electric sites and numbers to the low 20s face east but the ones in the 30s and 40s face west so will have the sun all day long. (Be aware also that there are frequent dust storms to the west and although we saw no evidence that they come this far east some of the dust may travel over.

There are trash barrels at each site-electric and non- with heavy covers that are emptied daily. We saw no recycling. Additionally there are nice clean ramadas at the each of the electric sites with a concrete floor and metal table.

Payment is at the time of reservation (if you have an Annual Camping Pass for NM then the electric sites cost $4/night and non-elec are free?) otherwise it's $14 (elec) and $10 (non-elec))OR at the payment kiosk outside the visitor center. BEFORE you get to the visitor center there is also a kiosk for payment but I believe it is only for day use. If you plan to camp pass that kiosk and pay at the visitor center (it's around the back on the campground side) The sites are well marked, there is a planetary system trail with information markers for each of the planets and set out to scale which is both fun and informative. The Visitor Center has a quite old fil that tells how COR was formed but there are a number of pamphlets and one has a very well written description. The staff is both volunteer and SP ranger and all we spoke to were helpful and courteous.

The bathrooms...well, they are clean but the showers..well the showers leave a bit to be desired. Clean, very much so. Very spacious as well and if you are in the handicapped shower in either men's or women's you are in luck-sort of. The shower nozzle is one that it like a hose attachment but the pressure is good. Problem is the push button. The handicapped shower gives about 1 minute of water but the other? 2 seconds. (And the staff said they have had them fixed a number of times and cannot get any more than that.) Well, I am here to tell you that when you are hot and sweaty after a long drive and desperate for a shower and you find the handicapped one is occupied and you get stuck in the other...well, you might get frustrated and jab that button repeatedly (as if pumping it) and you might just get 15 seconds at a time. These are not the buttons you can hold in for a long stream of water but if you keep up that pumping action (until the other shower is vacated or you are smart enough to wait for it) you will get clean. Of course, you can just take a shower in your rig if you have one but for tenters and others without them forewarned is forearmed.

Cell reception-on the east and even along the west side there is virtually no ATT signal. You might get a bar or two from time to time, but if you stand at the south west or northwest corners (The Botanical Garden or Pegasus Loop) you should get 3 bars. Verizon is better with a steady 2 bars, sometimes 3, everywhere within the campground (except perhaps right up against the east side of the rocks.) In any case it is no more than a 5 minute walk to an area with reception and a fellow camper told us her TracFone (with StraightTalk) had perfect reception everywhere.

There are several trails-some of them all use others only hiking and all are great giving great views and exercise. BUT, don't miss roping through the rocks. Kids will have a great time (after a few safety lessons about hands that should not be stuck in holes) climbing through, around and over them and will likely spot a number of wildlife-bunnies and jackrabbits about, there are numerous birds and many sing their morning and evening songs from the trees and yucca throughout the sites. There is an owl who hoot hooted each evening and at dawn but we only heard coyotes once. If walking the Hydra trail especially be prepared for a number of grasshoppers including the horse lubbers who are plain black at rest and display brilliant red under their wings while flying. CORSP is within the Chihuahuan Desert which had the largest variety of cacti and you will see many of them there, except the saguaro.

If you will need groceries or to do laundry you should be prepared for a good 30-35 minute drive to Silver City which is north of CORSP. Walmart and Albertson's as well as another local grocery are there. The XXXXXX***** laundromat is spotless, has a number of machines and dryers ALL working AND has free high speed WiFi (unsecured). Wash is $2.50/load in 20 lb. washers and they work well. Dryers are large and $0.25 for 8 min. There is a car wash right next to the laundromat as well.

One last thing-regardless of the time of year the sun/moonrise over the mountains to the east and the sunset over the ones to the west is spectacular and should not be missed. Our stay coincided with the week around, including, the full moon so the CG was lit at night and we did not see any but the brightest stars but imagine this places is as glorious when there are only stars overhead as when the moon is shining brightly.

Posted Oct 19, 2016 by Lisa from Full Timer. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For City Of Rocks State Park: Pretty cool park in the middle of no where! Small number of electric/water sites so good to reserve ahead. Many unique campsites amongst the rocks if you dry camp/boondock. Site E08 was a level pull through with electric and water. Decent space between sites. Not much privacy. Very nice, clean facilities. Hiked the Hydra Trail which is an easy 3.5 mile hike. We stayed one night(3/4/16) in 32' travel trailer.
P.S. If you go through Hatch,NM eat at Sparky's BBQ. Good food, dog friendly outside eating area.

Posted Mar 27, 2016 by Lori from Olathe,Ks. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For City Of Rocks State Park: Great park, great staff.
Note: Can get dusty if wind is out of the NW on main road past electric sites by vehicle traffic.
Good folks up at Rose Vally RV Park, Silver City charge $5.00 to dump.

Posted Mar 23, 2016 by Jphn from Maine. This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.

For City Of Rocks State Park: Only 10 electric sites. 6 pull through. Three are reservable. One not use during our 3 day stay in October. All very nice. Several back in sites with electricity but these seemed occupied by host or workers. Many no hook up sites tucked in the rocks. Very private and nice. At&t has no reception here....only vorizon. No dump station so be prepared. Great hiking and biking trails. Very helpful staff and nice visitors center. Showers have push button for water. Handicapped fine but regular needs lots of pushes to have a shower. Each lasts about 5 seconds,

Posted Oct 14, 2015 by Audbird from Michigan . This is the subjective opinion of a traveler and not of AllStays LLC.