Jemez Falls Campground

Very nice site. Only drawback is other campers traipsing through to collect firewood.

Campground in general doesn’t appear well cared for in this regard:
Overflowing garbage, toilets not cleaned - bring your own toilet paper.

Found it interesting that there seems to be total disregard for preventing bear encounters - overflowing garbage, ice chests etc left out by many campers.

Wish the information regarding which loops were generator free was updated to current year.

Be careful which site you choose as many were totally flooded after heavy rain.

Would definitely return again knowing in advance what to expect from general site.

Spacious, clean and tranquil campsites. We enjoyed hiking local trails and visiting Valle Caldera.

Love the campground!!! This is our 3rd time staying there. The only problem was someone took our spot the first night. He said he did not know it was reserved because the sign was not up to date. The camp host did put us in another spot for the night.

For the most part we enjoyed our stay at this campground, however, the restrooms were the filthiest I have ever seen. We only went once before deciding we would have to find bathrooms elsewhere. There were hundreds of flies and feces everywhere. Our neighbors were also extremely loud with people screaming on the top of their lungs and generators running late into the night. The scenery was beautiful and our site was large and shaded, but because of the aforementioned issues it could’ve been better.

This is a lovely peaceful campground especially the loop that does not allow generators. However it is poorly managed by rec.gov. First of all there is a service fee on top of the daily fee. Why not just increase the daily fee by a dollar or 2 instead if needed to cover the maintenance costs? Seems fairer and much less complicated. But worst of all is the cancellation policy. Unlike most campgrounds there is NO REFUND FOR CANCELLATIONS. So about 20% to 30% of the campsites are empty when there are people who would love to be there on shorter notice. Most of the rec.gov campgrounds that I go to email me prior to my arrival and give a full or at least a partial refund if I need to canceled. PLEASE CHANGE THIS RIDICULOUS POLICY so that more people can enjoy our wonderful national forests!!!

We love Jemez Springs. Campground was very clean but it looked like the trash dumpster had not been recently dumped. Otherwise—perfect!

Great place, you have to go swimming at the falls when it is 100 degrees

We arrived when sites were available but we had not reserved one. No one would talk to us. Not sure why the camp host cannot talk to you when you arrive. Signs said reservations required but no cell coverage from at and t or Verizon so I’m not really sure how you are supposed to do that. Not sure why, when we did finally drive around to find coverage and reserve a spot, the host couldn’t put our name on the site. Not an easy or inviting process.

We used to enjoy coming to Jemez Falls Campground and have camped here since it opened more than 25 years ago. But the campground is NOT being taken care of.
1.The bathrooms smell awful and are full of flies. The Forest Service truck comes through daily and replenishes toilet tissue and that is it. SOMEONE NEEDS TO SANITIZE THE BATHROOMS AND HANG FLY STRIPS.
2.The trash dumpsters were overflowing when we arrived and they were not emptied during the five days that we stayed. Trash was all over the ground and blowing around. (The warnings are "This is bear country: lock up your food. What a joke!) THE DUMPSTERS SHOULD BE EMPTIED TWICE A WEEK.
3.The fire rings are so full of ashes that you can't make a fire. People are digging out the fire rings themselves and putting the ashes under trees in the campsites. What if the ashes aren't cold?! There could be a forest fire. THE FIREPITS SHOULD BE CLEANED OUT ONCE A WEEK.
4.The campground host did not leave his camper during our five day stay. His golf cart never left his site. He did not check us in, he did not change any of the campsite "reserved" signs, he did not clean the fire rings, he did not drive around the campground. He was the invisible man.
It is fortunate that people tried to clean up after themselves and leave their campsites in good shape. But the U.S. Forest Service, the campground host and Reservation.gov don't seem to care about Jemez Falls Campground.

No camp host to help and reservation system is confusing. I understood reservations can't be made for the same day so we thought we'd go see if any spots were available. No host to ask so we found a site with no name or date so we set up there only to have the reserved party show up mad. We had little to no cell service so making a reservation seemed once again undoable. Nice campground though.