Guadalupe Mountains National Park Pine Springs Campground
3 rating
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Overview

Location
Address: 400 Pine Canyon Rd, Salt Flat, Texas 79847
GPS: 31.896026, -104.827923
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Local Directions: Located on the north side of US Hwy 62/180 near Mile Post 130. From Interstate 10, take the Van Horn, Texas exit. Follow TX Hwy 54 (56 miles) north to the intersection of US Hwy 62/180. Turn east on 62/180 and travel (9 miles) to the park. From El Paso, TX, follow US Hwy 62/180 east for (110 miles) to the park. From Carlsbad, NM, take US Hwy 62/180 west for (55 miles) to the park.

Contact Information
Local Phone: 1-915-828-3251
Toll Free Phone: 1-877-444-6777
Website: https://www.nps.gov/gumo/plany...
Email: gumo_superintendent@nps.gov

Open
All year
Check In: 12 PM
Check Out: 12 PM

  Sites
13 RV Sites, 20 Tent Sites, 2 Group Sites, 35 No Hookup, Pull Thru

Rates
Daily Rates: $20.00

Facilities & Services
Bathhouse / Restrooms, No Showers, Vault Toilets, Water Spigots (non site), WiFi

Recreation
Hiking

Policies
All Ages, Pet Restrictions, Reservation Required

Restrictions
Max RV Length 50 ft
 
Description
Group Tent Camps

Each group camp can accommodate organized groups with a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 campers/site. Fee is $60/night. Group tent camping only. RVs are not allowed.

The park is remote. Fuel your vehicle and purchase supplies before heading to the park.
Sites
Total Sites35
RV Sites13
   
Tent Sites20
Group Sites2
   
Max RV Length50 ft
  
No Hookup (35)
Rental Units
None
Rates
Sites Miscellaneous
Facilities and Services
  Hours Description Fees
Bathhouse / Restrooms  
Flush Toilets  
Gift Shop  
Handicap Facilities  
Horse Corral   available at Frijole Ranch
No Showers  
Pay Phone  
Vault Toilets  
Water Spigots (non site)  
WiFi   at the Pine Springs Visitor Center
Recreation
  Hours Description Fees
Amphitheater  
Bird Watching   Canyon Towhees, Turkey Vultures, White-winged Doves, Ravens, Chipping Sparrows, Say’s Phoebes, common Poorwills, and Phainopeplas
Hiking   Devil’s Hall Trail, Frijole/Foothills Trail, El Capitan Trail
Horseback Riding  
Stargazing  
Wildlife Watching  
Events

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Reviews
Average Rating
3 star rating
(3)
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2 star rating
A Parking Lot But Great Base to Hike Trails in the National Park
ElvisRV
Gold
March 30, 2015
The views from the campground are great & it is the only option for easy access to the hiking trails at the National Park.

The campground is split into two parts - a tent section & an RV section. The 2-star rating is of the RV section & the campground facilities.

The tent section is nice with sites well spaced offering privacy. The RV section is a parking lot - paved no hook up sites that are close together with little privacy. 8 are longer pull thrus for the bigger rigs & the rest (11 sites) are short back ins.

The most annoying thing about the campground is that it is first come first served, so the rangers never know how many sites are available . The NP is a long way from anywhere & you can show up after a long drive to discover there are no sites free. Also you can have small trailers using the larger pull thru sites meaning the larger rigs cannot find a site as the back ins are too small.

Each site has a picnic table & there is a restroom with flush toilets. The rest room is clean, but old & run down. There is portable water nearby & dish cleaning area although, faulty piping under the sink means all your gray water pours all over the ground - not great for the environment. There is no dump station (although host site has one).

Cell phone coverage is intermittent with AT&T but good service is 0.5 mile away by the main road.

They need to add a dump station, upgrade the facilities & make sites bookable.

We stayed here in a Class C Motorhome.
 
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4 star rating
Good sites, secluded and great location
Gemma1
Silver
November 19, 2014
Solid national park campground close to many of the park's trails. The tent sites are well designed, all set back off a main drive so while you're close to others it feels quite secluded. Clean pit toilets on the tent loop and clean bathrooms with flush toilets a 5 min walk away on the RV loop.

We stayed here in a Tent.
 
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