Oil Pad (FR 00068 E) in NM -- Camping Rules & Access
Oil Pad (FR 00068 E) in NM
Road corridorLincoln NF, Guadalupe Ranger District
30 mi from Carlsbad
Maps 5,667 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 45 days · then move 30 mi
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Road Access
Difficult
- All 2.4 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Flying Paper Boy of the Guadalupes.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Red Lake lies 0.4 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 49–71°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.