Apache Creek Campground

Beautiful campground, tucked away between the mountains. Even with the drought everywhere, there was water in the nearby Creek. Lots of room and spacious spots with picnic table and fire pit. There's restrooms, but no water. No phone signal

I stayed here one night. It is in a quite remote location. I had zero cell phone service during my stay. Campsites are large and laid out in such a way that each site has privacy. It does not feel like an RV parking lot. Each site has a picnic table and a fire ring. Some have a rustic log bench. There is no camp host at this campground. Someone is cleaning the restroom though, so that's good. Restroom had toilet paper too. Campground was very clean and peaceful, with lots of trees.

Very nice basic campground - picnic table and fire pit at each site. A few have ramadas. The store is ½ mile away on route 12, with a pleasant clerk and just about everything you might need. There is a nice hiking trail up to some petroglyphs about a mile further up Cox Canyon road. We were there the week before Memorial Day weekend and it was full - late arrivals on Thursday night found no open sites. The turkey pictured is the unofficial campground host.

A quiet, pretty campground with wide open spaces and towering pines that provide strategic shade. The sites are far apart, easy to pull into and are great for tent (there are no tent pads) or smaller RV camping. Each campsite has a fire ring, log bench, and new picnic tables that have an extension for camp stoves. 3 of the 10 sites have Gazebos. The roads leading to the campground should hold up in the rain but the actual campground roads could become a quagmire. The sole pit toilet was well stocked and reasonably clean. The only real negative are the mosquitoes. Located along the Tularosa River, which in spots appears more to be a swamp, the area is prime breeding ground for mosquitoes. Add to that all the standing water from the monsoon rains and I was having flashbacks to Florida. Deep Woods Off, frequently reapplied, kept them at bay. They were still a nuisance, including the ones that snuck inside our camper. A smaller gripe was the size of the fire ring. The sides are nearly 2 feet high which helps contain sparks but makes it difficult to grill. Fortunately I was able to use the grilling basket we keep to cook. When we arrived shortly before noon on a Thursday, all three sites with gazebos and 5 of the 10 total sites were occupied.

We were road tripping through the Gila National Forest. We stopped at this campground (and surrounding forest) to rockhound (info found on the US forest service website). It is absolutely gorgeous and peaceful. We are campers but did not camp here - but we definitely return to camp. The campground is currently first come first serve and free! The sites are very spaced out. Stay length is 14 days. There is a vault toilet. No trash and no water that I saw. Driving past the campground, (towards the petroglyphs), there were many, many, MANY, animal carcasses and bones. We found deer legs, cow carcasses and tons of bones. Not sure what that’s all about, just be aware if you have kids running around.