Rockhound State Park Campground (New Mexico)

Rockhound State Park Overview

Rockhound State Park campground has 30 large campsites (23 with hookups) offering spectacular views of the desert. As the Park name suggests, this is a popular place for collecting rocks. There is an abundance of agates and quartz crystals, as well as other specimens. Visitors are allowed to take up to 15 mounds of rock for their collections.

Rockhound State Park campground has 23 sites with electric hookups, drinking water, an RV dump station, vault toilets, flush toilets and restrooms with hot showers.  Group camping is also available. Each campsite has a table, fire ring and grate.

The Park also has a visitor center, gift shop, botanical garden, group picnic shelter, playground, hiking and mountain biking trails. The hiking trails offer climbs of varying degrees of difficulty and breathtaking views from the 7,000-foot peaks of the Florida Mountains.

City of Rocks State Park and Leasburg Dam State Park are also close by.

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Amenities

• BBQ Grills
• Campsite Tables
• Drinking Water
• Dump Station
• Electrical Hookup
• Fire Pit
• Gift Shop
• Grills
• Group Camping
• Group Pavilion
• Pets OK
• Picnic Tables
• Restrooms (Flush Toilets, Vault Toilets)
• RV Hookups
• Showers
• Visitor Center

Activities

• Biking
• Bird Watching
• Botanical Garden
• Cultural Sites
• Hiking
• Historic Sites
• Interpretive Programs
• Mountain Biking
• Nature Programs
• Nature Trails
• Photography
• Picnicking
• Playground
• Stargazing
• Visitor Center
• Walking Trails
• Wildlife Viewing