Gallo Campground

It has been 43 years since we last visited and camped in Chaco Canyon. The access road now follows a different route and we found the new road to be much friendlier for vehicular travel. All of the staff were so helpful, friendly, and professional. The campsites (tent camping) were well maintained, as were the restroom facilities. The night skies were spectacular and we enjoyed exploring the many petroglyph sites in the daytime. As in the past, we truly enjoyed visiting the amazing habitation sites and found the footpaths to be well-maintained as well. All in all, mid-September was a great time to enjoy Chaco Canyon and camp at Gallo Campground.

I camp at Gallo several times every year. I always have a good experience, the restrooms are clean, the sites are well kept, the Rangers at the Visitors center are great resources and well informed. I appreciate that Chaco Canyon is a space I can visit, it is a beautiful sacred space that it very meaningful to me. Thank you for caring for this space and providing the opportunity for me to visit and and learn something new each time I attend. There have been Ranger led talks in the fire circle this summer, my son and I enjoy the conversation and connection.

Fantastic camping area! Clean bathrooms! Available drinking water is a huge bonus! All staff at the park headquarters are very courteous and informative! The night sky...magnificent!

Gallo is a unique experience to stay in a park of the type such as chaco. Take your time in the park and visit the outlier ruins. There are few programs, and the museum is minimal, but it is still a place worth a visit.

well-kept; beautiful scenery; helpful rangers; flush toilets

Well maintained campground if a little old. The road into the park can always use improvement

A very respectful group of campers! As it started to get dark, everyone in the tent area was aware of others and kept their voices/noise low so that everyone could enjoy the surroundings. Bathrooms were clean and functional. Tent space was level! A good experience, and Chaco is an amazing place.

We stayed at the campgrounds right before the Chaco ruins and it was very clean and well maintained. The bathrooms were also very clean. When we went to the visitor center the staff was very friendly as they always are at National Parks, the room showing everything was very informative and slightly interactive. Sadly they didn’t have any artifacts on display and they had signs up saying why they were gone but I forgot what they said. However all of the Chaco ruins are crazy, being able to step back in time by just walking 5 minutes away from the car, it’s an unreal feeling. We did go for a stargazing event but it was raining almost all night. However, we eventually got a break in the clouds and the rain and we were stunned with a sky filled with stars. If you can definitely go for their events around this. They always have it when the moon is in the right spot so the moon light doesn’t affect the sight of the stars. We’ll definitely be back for when it’s clear.

We had a magnificent time at the Gallo Campground. Campsites were well organized, spacious and clean. The staff was friendly and helpful. Check-in/out was easy. Restrooms and camping facilities were very clean and well kept at all times. Looking forward to camping again at the Gallo Campground.

Good facilities, washroom & camping sites. Need regulation/enforcement of bright lights in campground in the evening. If Chaco is rated as a dark sky location then it needs to be dark in the campsite as we were not allowed to leave the campsite after 9pm. Or there should be somewhere we can actual go to at night to observe the skies without campground interference. Was disappointed to not be able to do astrophotography, especially after suffering the terrible roads into Chaco.