El Palacio RD - Fun Valley in NM -- Camping Rules & Access
El Palacio RD - Fun Valley in NM
Road corridorBLM, Taos
0.7 mi from La Villita
Maps 5,790 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 25 mi
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Road Access
Rough
- All 5.6 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, graded dirt the whole way.
- Near Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Center.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
Known camping along this road at mile 2.3: .
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 5, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
Rules
- Within Albuquerque District (including Taos Field office)…3) Camp longer than 14 days in any 28 day period, after 14 days must move beyond 25 mile radius. 4) Park any motor vehicle longer than 30 minutes or camp within 300 yards of any spring, manmade water well, or watering tank used by wildlife or domestic stock.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 35–69°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.