Gallo Campground

Beautiful camps with set-ups for tents, near the remains of ancestral Pueblo dwellings. Hosts were off duty so I can’t speak to that, but upkeep was great.

Very Beautiful and peaceful. Best Place in New Mexico to see the milky way at night.

We had a short, lovely stay at this campground. The sites are pretty close together, but all the campers were quiet and respectful.

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Gallo campground was much too noisy. Campers ignore the 10 PM quiet hour requirement, and there is no enforcement. In our recent experience, people would talk late into the night, well after 10 PM. I had about 8 hours sleep over two nights.

Chaco Canyon is one of the great spiritual centers in this country. However, it seems that too many folks camp at Chaco to socialize, not to absorb the spiritual energy of the place.

My wife and I have visited Chaco many times, but the noise has only become worse with each visit. There is a campground host, but he/she is invisible. The host should go around every evening reminding campers that there is a quiet hour that should be obeyed. Other than that, there should be some enforcement procedure.

Another recurrent problem is those who show up late in the evening. They invariably make too much noise getting set up. Perhaps there should be a site near the campground for late comers. A gate should be closed at 10 PM. Should there be an emergency within the campground, the host should be able to open the gate.

We love Chaco and plan to vist in the future, but we may have to drive back and forth from Bloomington or Farmington to get any sleep,

Great campground. Sites are nice. Campground is clean and quiet. Staff is friendly and helpful. We really enjoyed our stay here. Thank you.

Chaco is a magnificent location and this review is limited to the campground only. The campground is crowded! When at peak, there are hundreds of people in RVs and tents huddled about their picnic tables. Its quite efficient and the host was wonderful, but crowded, crowded... And there is no shade, no privacy, and limited space to clean dishes. The folks were mostly well behaved, but if you're looking to get away, this is not it--at least not on a holiday weekend.

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Excellent platforms for tents, which helped our tent survive a thunderstorm. The host was very good, helpful and reached out to campers. We sorta wished he'd been there when we arrived, since there was some confusion over reservations (our campsite had an out-of-date reservation, not ours). We also talked with a camper who had another group insist on taking his campsite! (he moved to an empty one)
Aside from that, Gallo CG is the perfect camp for Chaco.

Nice sites. Open desert sites, so bring a canopy.

The camp host (Gary) was phenomenal! We mistakenly only booked 1 night (instead of 2) but he personally secured us a hard-to-get camp spot by looking at cancelations and personally securing the space for us. Very nice camp ground as well.