Gallo Campground

Gallo campground was great!! Getting there on the access road to the park and campground was horrible. It was the worst road I have ever driven in my motor home.

If you are interested in Southwestern archeology and high desert landscape, this amazing, unique World Heritage Site with many incredible 1000 year old Native American multi-room structures in and above a remote canyon, plus lot of pictographs along canyon walls is a "must see" for you! One day would not be enough time for all there is to see - two days and three nights would be good - even longer would be better if you have the time and interest. Summer can be hot; late Spring and early Fall are better weather.

Be prepared for miles of rough gravel road and essentially no services or supplies anywhere other than a nice bathroom at the campground. Plan to be completely self-contained. Take the time and prepare to hike the backcountry trails to: Pueblo Alto and the Jackson Stairway and canyon overlooks; the Peñasco Blanco, pictographs, and the Super-Nova site trail; and the south loop trail to Tsin Kletsin; as well as the shorter trails from the campground itself.

If you are interested in Southwestern archeology and high desert landscape, this amazing, unique World Heritage Site with many incredible 1000 year old Native American multi-room structures in and above a remote canyon, plus lot of pictographs along canyon walls is a "must see" for you! One day would not be enough time for all there is to see - two days and three nights would be good - even longer would be better if you have the time and interest. Summer can be hot; late Spring and early Fall are better weather.

Be prepared for miles of rough gravel road and essentially no services or supplies anywhere other than a nice bathroom at the campground. Plan to be completely self-contained. Take the time and prepare to hike the backcountry trails to: Pueblo Alto and the Jackson Stairway and canyon overlooks; the Peñasco Blanco, pictographs, and the Super-Nova site trail; and the south loop trail to Tsin Kletsin; as well as the shorter trails from the campground itself.

Rangers ands volunteers at Visitor Center were great, so helpful and informative. Couldn't find the Camp Host when there was a problem.

Bueno

Fantastic campground. The scenery was beautiful. The restrooms are nice and clean. The dark skies were amazing. The host was helpful and friendly.

Pros: Fairly dark skies, good sites, nice comfort facilities, nice visitor ctr. & archaeological info.

Cons: Rough road, no shade, some people arrived late & left motors running & headlights on

Staying at Gallo Camground is one of the best ways to fully experience the beauty, archeology, and trails in Chaco Canyon! This was my third time staying and I will certainly be back. The hosts and rangers are very friendly and helpful. The bathrooms are kept very clean. The night sky is incredible!

The hosts and rangers were very friendly and helpful. The bathrooms with flush toilets were amazingly clean. We are used to back country camping where it is BYOB (bring your own bathroom and pack it out). Flush toilets and sinks for hand washing were clean and such a luxury. The tent site was very comfortable. We were next to the group campsite. The group the first night was loud, inconsiderate and stayed up until after 11:30. The next night there was a group of elementary school age boys. They were delightful and were also in bed by 9:30, like we were. Yay. We will certainly come back if we can ever get a reservation again.

The camp hosts.were great. Joan gave us a handful of batteries to power our telescope. The bathrooms were clean but were missing paper towels and the blower was broken. Fire pits were clean as were the campsites generally. The park service needs to find a way to open the closed sections of the campground. We had a great time