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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
Stacy R
VerifiedSeptember 2, 2024 • Stayed at: 049, Loop: ELK RUN
This is such a nice campground! The tent pads are made with pea gravel, which has to be the very best substance to set up a tent on! We slept great on this!
The only trouble we had were people partying with loud music and women cackling after quiet hours. There didn’t appear to be any campground hosts anywhere, nor any rangers driving through. We were invited to join one of the groups playing loud music, but we really just wanted to get to bed since we needed to be up early for a long driving day. Thankfully, all of the different groups settled down a bit so we were able to get to sleep by midnight.
Jacque P
VerifiedAugust 27, 2024 • Stayed at: 052, Loop: BUFFALO GROVE
The new RV camping section with electricity / water is beautifully done. Campsites are set well apart from each other to give proper space between sites. Good asphalt roads and asphalt RV pads. Beautiful roofs covering tables. Odd mini streetlights at each site that do not work. Sites perched on gentle hill with very good overview of the lake. I wish all lake campsites in the state looked this beautiful. The old west side camp spots are just that, old style and bit of an eye sore and not well layed out. The east side of the lake - Tetilla Peak, the road is horrible!! Full of big potholes. Not RV friendly and recommend only driving in a truck with good suspension. Campsites were closed. Park Ranger said they had plans to open soon. From what I could see looked similar to westside old campsites.
Jacque P
VerifiedAugust 27, 2024 • Stayed at: 052, Loop: BUFFALO GROVE
The new RV camping section with electricity / water is beautifully done. Campsites are set well apart from each other to give proper space between sites. Good asphalt roads and asphalt RV pads. Beautiful roofs covering tables. Odd mini streetlights at each site that do not work. Sites perched on gentle hill with very good overview of the lake. I wish all lake campsites in the state looked this beautiful. The old west side camp spots are just that, old style and bit of an eye sore and not well layed out. The east side of the lake - Tetilla Peak, the road is horrible!! Full of big potholes. Not RV friendly and recommend only driving in a truck with good suspension. Campsites were closed. Park Ranger said they had plans to open soon. From what I could see looked similar to westside old campsites.
Paul t
VerifiedAugust 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: JUNI
had a great time and will do it again
Haley A
VerifiedAugust 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: ELK RUN
One of the best places I have found. Great price!
Paul t
VerifiedAugust 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: JUNI
had a great time and will do it again
Haley A
VerifiedAugust 26, 2024 • Stayed at: 047, Loop: ELK RUN
One of the best places I have found. Great price!
Nina B
VerifiedAugust 25, 2024 • Stayed at: 078, Loop: RINGTAIL CAT
Restrooms were clean. A lot of action throughout the night, not the most quiet campground.
Nina B
VerifiedAugust 25, 2024 • Stayed at: 078, Loop: RINGTAIL CAT
Restrooms were clean. A lot of action throughout the night, not the most quiet campground.
Julianne D
VerifiedAugust 17, 2024 • Stayed at: 056, Loop: BUFFALO GROVE
Nicely designed newer sections of the campground (Buffalo Grove, Elk Run, and Ringtail Cat) - still seemed to require a lot of leveling work (by us and others). Paved roads throughout the campground are nice for exercise walking or biking. Some additional gravel trails are also available. Park staff only visible Friday through Sunday when activity/traffic is heavier. Lisa at the main entry kiosk was super friendly! We saw a work crew come through to clean restrooms, showers, and shade structures but scattered trash throughout the grounds didn't seem to get much attention. We stopped into the visitor center and learned that many nearby roads had been closed off due to fires. Also, the nearby Tent Rocks National Monument was closed indefinitely.
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
