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About Cochiti Campground
Number of accommodations: 80
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (1250)
What Guests Are Saying
Cochiti Campground offers beautiful views, clean facilities, and a peaceful atmosphere, making it a great destination for families and outdoor enthusiasts. Many visitors enjoyed activities like tubing on Cochiti Lake and appreciated the cleanliness of the campground and restrooms. However, some noted issues with water access, maintenance of facilities, and occasional lack of supervision from staff. Overall, most campers had positive experiences and expressed a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Cochiti Campground offers beautiful views, clean facilities, and a peaceful atmosphere, making it a great destination for families and outdoor enthusiasts. Many visitors enjoyed activities like tubing on Cochiti Lake and appreciated the cleanliness of the campground and restrooms. However, some noted issues with water access, maintenance of facilities, and occasional lack of supervision from staff. Overall, most campers had positive experiences and expressed a desire to return.
Review Summary
Rachel N
VerifiedMay 23, 2023 • Stayed at: 067, Loop: RINGTAIL CAT
This is a tent camper's dream lakeside campground! All the sites have a nice gravel area that's perfect for pitching a tent, the picnic tables are under a sturdy shelter that also has a pole for hanging things, the campground rules prohibiting alcohol and campfires mean that there aren't late parties like many other lakeside campgrounds, and best of all, there are great showers. Since it was in the 40's F the night I stayed, and the showers had no temperature control knob, I was afraid it would be a very cold and unpleasant experience. I've never been happier to be wrong - the water was nice and cozy warm but not too hot, and there was an overhead heat lamp that kept the chill off. By far one of the nicest, quietest, and most affordable campgrounds I've stayed in on public lands.
James V
VerifiedMay 25, 2023 • Stayed at: 054, Loop: BUFFALO GROVE
We stayed in the Buffalo Loop. The bathrooms were not well maintained. Shower floors were very dirty. The site was pretty nice. Very sturdy cement table with metal roof covering. The sites were gravel and far off from level.
James V
VerifiedMay 25, 2023 • Stayed at: 054, Loop: BUFFALO GROVE
We stayed in the Buffalo Loop. The bathrooms were not well maintained. Shower floors were very dirty. The site was pretty nice. Very sturdy cement table with metal roof covering. The sites were gravel and far off from level.
Peter Sherman C
VerifiedMay 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 072, Loop: RINGTAIL CAT
Clean, well-organized, friendly staff!
Peter Sherman C
VerifiedMay 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 072, Loop: RINGTAIL CAT
Clean, well-organized, friendly staff!
Treasa H
VerifiedMay 31, 2023 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: JUNI
Nice trails. Park was not full but the water level was rising. Two loose dogs.
Treasa H
VerifiedMay 31, 2023 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: JUNI
Nice trails. Park was not full but the water level was rising. Two loose dogs.
Cara B
VerifiedJune 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 061, Loop: BUFFALO GROVE
Very nice well maintained campground. The lake was too high to enjoy but the camping was nice, beautiful views. I gave it a 4 because one if the two showers available on Buffalo Grove loop was broken.
Karen D
VerifiedJune 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 052, Loop: BUFFALO GROVE
We absolutely enjoyed our stay at Cochiti campground, we enjoyed view overlooking Rio Grande. Our site had nice covered structure over our picnic table patio area. Nice hot showers close by, and our water & electric site hook ups worked great. Convenient area for day trips to Sante fe, Los Alamos and Bandelier. We enjoyed Downtown Los Alamos/ Manhattan Project National Park and Bandelier National park in the same day. We recommend and will return again.
Cara B
VerifiedJune 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 061, Loop: BUFFALO GROVE
Very nice well maintained campground. The lake was too high to enjoy but the camping was nice, beautiful views. I gave it a 4 because one if the two showers available on Buffalo Grove loop was broken.
Location Cochiti Campground
Address:
82 Dam Crest Rd
Pena Blanca, NM, 87041
United States
From Albuquerque, New Mexico, take Interstate 25 north to exit 259. Turn west on State Route 22 and proceed through Pena Blanca to the park office and recreation area.
Elevation: 1668 feet
6.1 mi drive to downtown Pena Blanca (about 10 min)
Policies & Rules
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
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Last updated: September 10, 2026
