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Reviews (5)
What Guests Are Saying
Wild Rivers Recreation Area offers stunning views and a beautiful location, making it a great spot for outdoor activities. The helpful and knowledgeable staff enhance the experience, encouraging visitors to return. However, limited services, such as no available water and closed restrooms, along with some access challenges, detract from the overall visit.
What Guests Are Saying
Wild Rivers Recreation Area offers stunning views and a beautiful location, making it a great spot for outdoor activities. The helpful and knowledgeable staff enhance the experience, encouraging visitors to return. However, limited services, such as no available water and closed restrooms, along with some access challenges, detract from the overall visit.
Review Summary
Jonathan Gutierrez
January 4, 2026
Beautiful location. Limited services ("no water available") first time visiting so no idea why or what is going on with water. We were in the area for a youth hunt and spent more time here in the general area than we intended.
JR Stanton jr RPT
October 12, 2025
The pleasant and knowledgeable staff made this an easy Win. We enjoyed it so much that we decided to return for on a second trip a few days later.
Tyler Dylan
September 18, 2025
Helpful staff. Restrooms closed. Road into this area closed to 1 way traffic with a stop light and piolet car at 5 mph to take you all the way to the visitors center adding 30 min to the visit. However the views at the La Junta campground and trail head were wonderful. There is a bike lane that follows the 1 way loop drive from the visitor center to La Junta campground and look out. We saw Lots of bikers riding this loop and one told us heβs been coming for years. Very sunny and hot the day we visited in mid September. Recommend hat, water, sunscreen. The La Junta trail has been closed for 3 years or so. Overall kind of disappointing, thus the 2 star review.
Reid Curnutt
June 20, 2025
Camped here for a night, hiked down to the river and watched an amazing sunset over the canyon. The lady who helped us in the visitor center was super helpful in our decision which camp site to pick.
Ron Gaddis
October 30, 2023
As others have stated, Wild Rivers BLM is definitely off the beaten path. However, its easy to get here down a main paved highway. The roads in the park are paved. The campsite loops are gravel/unpaved but ok. We travel in a 38 Renegade Valencia. We found only a few sites that could easily handle our size. (No tow vehicle). Site 27 in El Auguaje was long enough for even a tow vehicle. Trees are an obstacle backing in. Park time was 10 minutes max. A little maneuvering. Its worth the drive and the maneuvering for the campground & the views. The campgrounds are connected by a nice, one way paved road loop with a bicycle path. My wife loves to e-bike so this is perfect. Each site has a gazebo with a metal roof & picnic table. No electricity. No dump. Water is available at the toilets. This is boondocking at its best.
AT&T was 20mbs. Great! We camped at El Aguaje Campground in a 38β Super C.
Location Wild Rivers Recreation Area
Address:
1120 Nm 378
Questa, NM, 87556
United States
Wild Rivers Recreation Area is accessible via NM-522, which is approximately 15 miles away.
Latitude & Longitude: 36.6808 / -105.667
Elevation: 2333 feet
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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