Sims Mesa Campground

We had a nice time at this campground with the family. I wanted to leave a review because it was hard to find information about this campground online. While it says online there are vault toilets, that's only in the day use areas. In the campgrounds they have regular flushing toilets and there are also showers. The facilities are clean. The campsites are clean, however, the only problem I ran into was there are a ton of goat heads everywhere. So pack good shoes and you may want to bring a broom or rake to clear up the area you will be staying in. If you don't have a boat it's about a 30-minute drive to the main Marina, if you need ice or any other basic things, and they do have some activities at the main Marina, like bumper boats, and kayak rentals.

Nice campground. Isolated at the end of a 17 mile paved but potholed road from Hwy 64. BUT you have to make reservations through ReserveAmerica.com and there is only 1 maybe 2 bars through Verizon at the lake. There are no First come sites so only by reservations!!. The shortcut road (hwy 539 on the dam) to get to the marina was closed off for work. Google maps didn’t list it and forget nmroads.com to get accurate info. We had to drive 40 extra miles around from the marina on Hwy 511 to get back to this campground. It was the end of the season and they will be closing soon so maybe that was part of it. The upper toilets had running water and warm showers!! So that was nice! It was super quiet, clean and nice tables at each site. Perfect for self containeds. Hard to find level ground for tents.

Had a great time at this beautiful, quiet campground on the east side of Navajo Lake. Clean site, restrooms, and dump station with drinking water access. Even though it showed 100% booked online, the campground was mostly empty when we stayed the last weekend in April. Dog friendly with leash rules; 10 feet max leash, I think. Was told there are showers at the campground, but we did not see/use them. Great lake views from the southeastern M loop sites . Easy lake access a short walk away with fishing spots. Access to boat ramp Sims marina. Saw some bass cruising the edges of the lake near the day use area. Road to the campground is a bit bumpy, but nothing terrible. Just watch for potholes or deteriorating edges. The park office was closed when we visited.

The place is great. The Marina on this side of the lake was disappointing. They didn't have ice. You cannot rent water craft there. You can only have one boat in the ramp at a time. It seems that they could move the ramps to allow for 2 boats to get in and out of the water at a time. Fishing was ok. My friend caught 3 fish, returned 2 and we cooked one.

Mostly surrounded by sparse juniper and piñon, the campsite is nice but exposed to a lot of sun and potentially wind. Stayed a couple nights are campsite was nice, all sites appeared to be back in only. We did have issues finding level ground for our tent however so keep this in mind. There are lake overlook sites available.