State Line (BLM JA 654) in NM -- Camping Rules & Access

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State Line (BLM JA 654) in NM

Road corridorBLM, Carlsbad

30 mi from Loving

Maps 3,152 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 13.7–14.1 cross land the BLM doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

BLM Carlsbad Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 25 mi
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Road Access

Moderate
  • All 17.5 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • A cattle guard at the start of the road.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with no through road within 3.7 miles.
  • A pond lies 0.2 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 6, a suburban sky.
  • Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping is generally allowed on public lands in New Mexico for no more than a period of 14 days within any period of 28 consecutive days. The 14-day limit may be reached either through a number of separate visits or through 14 days of continuous overnight occupation during the 28-day period. After this time period, you must relocate to another site at least 25 miles away.…Camping is prohibited within 900 feet of any developed water source such as a guzzler or watering trough
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 50–81°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.