Gallo Campground

The campground was very clean. I was surprised that there was actually running water. I was expecting a vault toilet.
The only bad thing was how noisy some of the other campers were. It's like they had no recognition that other people were also trying to enjoy the peaceful canyon.

Great site. Accurate description on recreation.gov

Recommend bringing shade structure, very exposed campsite with no trees around.

It was a great experience. My brother and I saw so many cool things including one night we saw things moving in the sky (not stars,not planes or satellites, ) the movements were to fast and at quick angles. We got pictures of it though. Then in the morning I was looking up on the ridge line and I asked my brother what was that thing hovering above the cliff (he took a picture of it and it looked like some kind of ship. Then it was gone (we didn't even see where it went) but we have a picture of it. We were excited

Understand it is 10 MPH on a gravel road for over 15 miles once you leave the highway. Hot, windy and we left early. Not much to see there, only went because it was for a group meeting. Would not go back

We didn’t go after we became aware of how many miles of dirt road you have to travel to get there. It was disappointing to miss Chaco culture but we couldn’t afford to have any issues on our little class C RV.

Running water, flush toilets, beautiful and quiet

Had a fabulous time! I was beautiful and and amazing experience!
The only suggestion I can give is... it would be nice to have some type of awning for shade at the tent sites. We were tent campers from Colorado and we had no shae so we left 1 say early because of the heat.
But other than no shade it was amazing

Well maintained trails for seeing ancient engineering marvels. Very informative park personnel.
Campground had standard issue RV spot/tent pad camping with some group camping as well. The bathrooms were clean and functional. Water is available at bathrooms.
Campground location was nice if you like high desert (we do). A nice and easy hiking trail starts at the campground.
Night skies are very dark and the Milky Way was visible late at night. Always nice to see.

This is a very basic, no frills campground that is very, very tight, with campers squeezed right on top of one another. Thankfully, very few of our neighbors lit a campfire. If we had done so in the fire ring provided at our campsite it would probably have set the tent on fire. The fire ring in Site # 7 is, literally, just a few feet from the tent pad.
But the most glaring deficiency of the Gallo Campground is the lack of shade. In the summer months Chaco is broiling hot during the day and there is ZERO SHADE!
This park is so beautiful and so awesome and it deserves a much, much, much better campground than Gallo.
The most positive comment I can offer about Gallo is that the bathrooms are decent; clean and functional with areas that are adequate to fill water bottles and rinse dishes. It helps that there are two bathroom buildings and that several campsites are closed due to rockfall. As a result, the bathrooms appear to be adequate to handle the campground capacity (especially given the fact that many people reserve sites but don't show up).
If you like roasting in hours of hot sun, in close proximity to neighboring campers and the campground's dusty gravel roads you are going to love the Gallo campground.

It is a wonderful, remote campground. I took the southern route in and it's a bit rough but doable in my Honda Fit. I was happy however to finally see the Park buildings and civilization! There is no shade in the campground for most sites. Not a problem as I would sit under the picnic area shaded areas. Very special place with amazing history.