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731 reviews
Valley of Fires Recreation Area offers a unique and beautiful setting with well-maintained campsites, stunning views of lava flows and mountains, and clean facilities including hot showers. Reviewers praised the cleanliness of the park, the helpful camp host, and the informative trails. Some concerns were raised about restroom accessibility and site leveling, but overall, visitors expressed a strong desire to return and explore this tranquil location further.
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September 29, 2022 Stayed at: Site 18, Loop: Valley of Fires
Beautiful location surrounded by mountains. The walking path around the lava flow at the campground was awesome. Clean showers, easy to pull in, and quiet. Would return here again.
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September 29, 2022 Stayed at: Site 18, Loop: Valley of Fires
Beautiful location surrounded by mountains. The walking path around the lava flow at the campground was awesome. Clean showers, easy to pull in, and quiet. Would return here again.
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October 1, 2022 Stayed at: Site 6, Loop: Valley of Fires
What a beautiful and soothing energy place! This is the second time here, first over 10 years ago. It's a special, QUIET campground. The camp host was terrific. Facilities clean. My only complaint is that my phone doesn't do QR scanning, so i spent the first half hour trying to download a free app that worked. That was frustrating after all the miles I drove to get there.
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October 1, 2022 Stayed at: Site 6, Loop: Valley of Fires
What a beautiful and soothing energy place! This is the second time here, first over 10 years ago. It's a special, QUIET campground. The camp host was terrific. Facilities clean. My only complaint is that my phone doesn't do QR scanning, so i spent the first half hour trying to download a free app that worked. That was frustrating after all the miles I drove to get there.
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October 4, 2022 Stayed at: Site 2, Loop: Valley of Fires
A great campground. We came for one day and stayed three. We liked everything about Valley of Fires. Highly recommended.
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October 4, 2022 Stayed at: Site 2, Loop: Valley of Fires
A great campground. We came for one day and stayed three. We liked everything about Valley of Fires. Highly recommended.
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October 8, 2022 Stayed at: Site 3, Loop: Valley of Fires
This campground was very clean and quiet. The campground host was friendly and attentive. The location is beautiful. I wouldn’t spend a whole week here, but for two nights it was a good place to rest. The reservation said that my site would require leveling. This site was the only one on my whole journey that was spot on. The campground is really close to the highway, so road noise is a given. I was also right across from the first toilet when you enter the campground, and many people use that toilet as their rest stop off the highway. The proximity to Carrizozo was nice, as it has a couple of decent restaurants. Also close was the Three Rivers Petroglyph site, which I think is well worth the trip.
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October 8, 2022 Stayed at: Site 9, Loop: Valley of Fires
This is a hidden gem! It was peaceful and very relaxing. The walk was well-kept and easy to manipulate. We loved the table covers. The sites is sideways to take in all of the breathtaking views! We will be back! Our only sugestion would be to mow the grass around the campsites. The weeds were tall.
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October 8, 2022 Stayed at: Site 3, Loop: Valley of Fires
This campground was very clean and quiet. The campground host was friendly and attentive. The location is beautiful. I wouldn’t spend a whole week here, but for two nights it was a good place to rest. The reservation said that my site would require leveling. This site was the only one on my whole journey that was spot on. The campground is really close to the highway, so road noise is a given. I was also right across from the first toilet when you enter the campground, and many people use that toilet as their rest stop off the highway. The proximity to Carrizozo was nice, as it has a couple of decent restaurants. Also close was the Three Rivers Petroglyph site, which I think is well worth the trip.
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October 8, 2022 Stayed at: Site 9, Loop: Valley of Fires
This is a hidden gem! It was peaceful and very relaxing. The walk was well-kept and easy to manipulate. We loved the table covers. The sites is sideways to take in all of the breathtaking views! We will be back! Our only sugestion would be to mow the grass around the campsites. The weeds were tall.
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6158 U.S. Highway 380, Carrizozo, NM 88301 United States
Elevation: 1,597 ft
Travel four miles west of the town of Carrizozo on U.S. Highway 380. Valley of Fires recreation area is on the left.
Valley of Fires Recreation Area is accessible via U.S. Highway 380, located four miles west of Carrizozo, NM.
Last updated: October 22, 2026
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