Saddle in NM -- Campground & RV Camping in New Mexico
Saddle in NM
U.S. Forest Service allows overnight stays only at the designated sites here.
Saddle Campground sits at 8,900 feet in a mixed conifer and aspen forest, offering 16 single-unit sites for tents or RVs up to 30 feet. Amenities include parking spurs, picnic tables, fire rings, vault toilets, a central trash collection site, and nearby interpretive trails.
Road difficulty 1 of 5 -- an easy drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved, pitching to 6%. Flat ground is scarce -- under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.4 miles off, a 21-site campground. Night skies measure Bortle 2 -- true dark-sky territory. The nearest town, High Rolls, is 6.0 mi off.
September normals 42–67°F, 3.0″ rain. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.
Set by U.S. Forest Service. Stage 1 and 2 orders change within days -- check the current order before you build a fire.
fs.usda.gov