Gallo Campground

the volunteers and rangers were fantastic! explaining and generously giving their time. Thanks for all the organisation around the solstice. Thanks, for all the history around the sky…it was a magic evening program. The performance and the park is exceptional! And in a special class.

Chaco is a great place to pray, ponder and plan - and re-boot.
I used to visit twice a year, but always try and spend at least 2 nights under the stars.
I was very surprised to see the calamity of the rockfall, but was very impressed how the park took care in letting folks gander at it, and closed only the minimal amount of campsites.
A shout-out to the camp Ranger Carl, who helped me jumpstart my truck the morning of my departure. I made it to Cuba safely, and purchased a battery.
I regret the tribe won't and don't do ANY thing about the road into the Park...One has to realize the indigenous don't really WANT people there. Shame.

Great campground! Chaco at night is marvelous. The facilities and maintenance were NPS modern and clean. If you are prepared for the desert at night (it's cold), then you'll have a cool experience of vastness.

Very basic campground, but clean. Restrooms were clean and a great plus. Very friendly and helpful staff. If you like roughing it, I would highly recommended!

Well maintained campground. Wonderful experience at special indigenous cultural site
Good interpretive experience

Not easy to get to, but worth it

As most visitors have said the two roads to the campground and visitor's center are very rough especially when pulling a camper - you just need to take them slow and be mindful of the conditions (it is best to try and reach the turn offs from the main highways fairly early in the day so you don't have to drive the dirt in the dark). The campground is very basic but that isn't the reason for visiting the area. Windy conditions made our stay a little uncomfortable, but it was still a very worthwhile trip.

Extraordinary ancient ruins for exploration, including beautiful hiking.
Campground small and quaint and very sunny.

Great ruins. Worth the trip.

Great facilities, you are in New Mexico so wind is a feature, up the canyon during the day, down at night. Plumbed bathrooms and there are sand filled tent pads and a fire pit, they seem to half lost 60% of the spots to rock falls, so booking ahead is important. It is Chaco though, so the less time spent in camp and the more time exploring, the better a time you’ll have.

I can't imagine why the campground description emphasizes that the camping is primitive, no water available, etc. Gallo has HEATED bathrooms with flushing toilets, running water, a water fountain w bottle filler, etc. It seems well maintained. Only issue was the sandbox tent pad we had was filled with some kind of dirt packed hard as concrete. We had to break it up with a trowel to sleep on it. Love Chaco.