Santa Fe National Forest Field Tract Campground

We have been going to this site off and on for over 15 years. Love it. Happy the gates closes at a certain time we feel safe. A little store is close by. It's camping not glamping so we appreciate whatever accommodations that are provided. The river is close and the stars at night are amazing. Lots of trees, some enclosed /covered spots with fireplaces, reservations required, nice big grass area, tables, always encountered friendly campers and the park attendant back in the day we knew was from TX and a wonderful man. They had a rule at one time no loudness or generators at a certain time which was nice for those who are considerate and respectful.

I researched campsites in Santa Fe National park for Labor day week two months prior and found this one, and it was perfect. There was about 6 spots left during this time so I booked sites 2,3 & 4. Site 2 is small but we ended up just using it for parking and site 3 is larger and this was our kitchen area, and site 4 was where we set up our tents, so we were able to fit 5 tents comfortably in the open grass. I was worried about the gate situation closing at 8pm but we talked to the camp host, and he worked with us so we had no trouble with family arriving late. Camp host was super friendly and he does make rounds frequently. Porta potties looked like they were just emptied recently and cleaned, very nice. This places was completely booked online when I checked back later for an additional spot, but nothing ever came available. Unfortunately the recreation.gov site isn't friendly when it comes to changing, cancelling, no showing because there were half of the sites didn't show up for their reservations, and I'm sure it's because policy on the website. There is no cell service so don't rely on getting any service here, you may get a sporadic text messages from the outside but you can't send anything. Overall this is a clean and well maintained campground like other reviews have mentioned and is reservations only. I would return to this campground in the future, and I recommend it to others. I wish I took pictures to add, since most of the ones online don't do this place justice.

Excellent campground in the Pecos. Highly recommend reservations online prior to going. The came ground has no bad sites. However if you have an RV or Camper definitely want to try to avoid, 4, 6, 8, 11 since they are internal sites and may not have the parking space needed. However, there are sites that are better than others. Definitely 10, 12 are great as is 5. The shelter sites are 3, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15 I believe. All sites have fire pits, even the shelter sites. All are close to a water source and the bathrooms are in the middle of the circular set up campground. The bathrooms are flush toilets. They are fine. They are not the cleanest or the best functioning, but they are work fine. Overall great place- hope to go back there in the future!

Spent three quiet nights there in August. Campground was a bit overgrown with tall grass in several of the camp sites (including mine) but overall was nicely maintained. The camp host was seldom seen. Easy access to the Pecos River for fishing and saw several people with nice stringers of brown trout. Flush toilets were clean. Two vault toilets were OK. Water hydrants located at 4 different locations throughout the campground were convenient to all campsites. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of wildlife. No deer or any animal larger than a chipmunk was visible during our entire stay. Definitely fills up on the weekends. Camped there in my 16 foot trailer and the site was big enough, but not all of the sites that I saw could handle larger trailers or RV's easily. Overall it was a nice, quiet place to spend a few days.

Solid campground! Campsites are all fairly close to each other but with trees so a decent amount of privacy. We stayed there on a Friday night in late September and there was one group that was making a decent amount of noise at night but otherwise it was very chill. There was a pit toilet and no shower (but the Pecos river is very close if you're down for a chilly dip!), make sure to bring toilet paper as it isn't currently being stocked by staff bc of COVID.