About Upper Fir Group Area
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
Fire Pit
Cooking and Fire
- Fire Pit
On Site Services
- Pavilion
Reviews (16)
What Guests Are Saying
Upper Fir Campground is an excellent choice for large groups, offering ample space for trailers, RVs, and tents, along with a well-equipped pavilion for gatherings. The area is clean, well-maintained, and features a water spigot, clean restrooms, and a spacious campfire area. Guests appreciate the beautiful scenery and wildlife, as well as the responsive and friendly host, making it a highly recommended camping destination.
What Guests Are Saying
Upper Fir Campground is an excellent choice for large groups, offering ample space for trailers, RVs, and tents, along with a well-equipped pavilion for gatherings. The area is clean, well-maintained, and features a water spigot, clean restrooms, and a spacious campfire area. Guests appreciate the beautiful scenery and wildlife, as well as the responsive and friendly host, making it a highly recommended camping destination.
Review Summary
RODOLFO M
July 11, 2026
Great location
Rebecca B
July 10, 2026
Great place for a large group!
Ron T
June 15, 2026
Upper Fir Campground is great for groups. There is ample space for trailers, RVs, and tents. The pavilion is wonderful for gathering and especially in case of rain. We enjoyed the camp fire area. The two outhouses were clean and usable and amply supplied with supplies. Upper Fir DOES have a water spigot and faucet, which is very handy. (We were told it didn't have water, which was not true.) Scenery is great with plenty of room for kids to explore and build forts out of branches and twigs. We saw elk, deer, and wild horse as well as several varieties of birds.
Christian M
June 7, 2026
The area was spacious, well maintained and had all the amenities. The bathrooms were clean and there were two sets of them that we could use. The pavilion was huge with plenty of seating, water, trash and even a bear box for all our food. We loved staying here the best part was the giant fire ring. Our host Ashley was very responsive and very friendly. Would love to stay here again.
Matt W
October 6, 2025
Great spot with a covered pavilion.
Matt W
October 6, 2025
Great spot with a covered pavilion.
Albert V
August 4, 2025
One of the best camping sites in the area
Albert V
August 4, 2025
One of the best camping sites in the area
Malcom M
September 5, 2023
VERY CLEAN VERY PRIVATE GOOD GET AWAY FROM HEAT AND HUSSLE AND BUSSEL THANK YOU
David E
September 5, 2023
Upper Fir Group Campground was Great - Beautiful, Quite, isolated for just our group. 10 mins from Cloudcroft.
Saw wild horses, elk, & deer from our campsite, no raccoons.
The 36’ x 65’ pavilion with concrete floor was spacious enough for cooking, eating, CornHole & other games, and for a 10’ x 20’ walled canopy for late evening socializing warmth, plus 10 wooden 8’ long picnic tables. Large permanent grills, bear box for storing condiments, & trash receptacles were very handy. There was running water at the pavilion.
Some of the 11 RV sites were tight (trees) accessing them in our 33-35 foot long RV’s, but doable. Other sites were wide open.
Camp host was pleasant, helpful, informative, & out of sight but close, if needed.
Recommend this location for you next group camp out.
Location Upper Fir Group Area
Address:
Po Box 836
Cloudcroft, NM, 88317
United States
From Alamogordo, take US 82 east 17 miles through Cloudcroft. Turn left
onto NM 244 towards Ruidoso and go 1/2 mile. Upper Fir Group Area is on
Forest Road 422 at the end of the road.
Upper Fir Group Area is accessible via US 82, which is approximately 17 miles from Alamogordo. NM 244 provides direct access from US 82 to the campground.
Elevation: 2679 feet
0.9 mi drive to downtown Cloudcroft (about 3 min)
Policies & Rules
General
- Call 575-682-1518 prior to arrival to get the lock combination.
- There is no public phone.
- Check in after 2pm, check out by noon.
- Upper Fir Group Area is at an elevation of 9,000ft, please exercise caution when traveling from lower elevation.
- Fire Restrictions: Fire restrictions may be imposed at any time due to hot, dry weather conditions, at which time campfires and charcoal fires may not be allowed.
- Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
- Refunds: Refund requests made through www.recreation.gov will be charged a $10 processing fee. This fee is retained by the reservation service contractor along with the non-refundable reservation fee. All requests for the return of the non-refundable reservation fee and the cancellation fee will be declined by the campground concessionaire as they did not receive these fees (these are the fees retained by the reservation contractor, a different entity).
- Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
- For more information on the Lincoln National Forest, please visit Home | Lincoln National Forest | Forest Service
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Last updated: August 23, 2026
