We visited the Pendaries RV Resort in early August 2020 with three RV's in our group. In August,…read morethe weather was cool in the shade trees. The park is quiet and very well kept. There are some permanent areas of the park for people who leave there RV full time in the park. Spaces are spacious and easy to back into. There is both 30 amp and 50 amp spaces available. There is a small store onsite. There is alow a clubhouse (closed due to COVID) , park, and dog pottie areas. They also collect trash from a few areas in the park each morning by 9A to keep it from the bears. We did see one small bear running through part of the campground while we were there. Overall this is a great park and I would visit again!

Campground is in the forest with shade. Clean. Garbage pickup was at different places through out…read morethe park. But only for a half hour between 8:30-9:00. Because of bear sightings. A little rough for me as I normally am still drinking my coffee at that time. I thought they had laundry, but it's a public laundry mat outside their gate. To far for this 70 year old to walk. I stayed 2 nights thinking I was going to get the passport America discount for both, but only got it for one night. In their description they say that they do not take credit cards, but they do. That's a positive. Great snowbird destination. Kinda a long drive just for a few nights.

The complete stay, from the nicest staff to the wonderful bathroom, great amenities. Quiet and…read morepeaceful.! Perfect place to camp!

The staff here is very friendly and helpful. The park is nicely maintained and a good layout with…read moremature landscaping. Not a lot of shade, some sites have little to none. Very competitive pricing for the area. The bathrooms are very clean. Overall a nice place. So why only 3 stars? The site I was in along the side fence has a gravel road outside it with mobile homes across the street. Cars and trucks grinding up and down it during the day and evening. The gentleman who lives behind my site worked on a dirt bike then spent the day going up and down the street every hour or so, loudly. The house next door has a large dog that barks regularly. Woke me up at 2am. This is not a peaceful place on this side of the park. If I was going to be here more than a day I would have to move. Just be aware you don't want to stay in sites 18-24 if you like peaceful days and quiet nights. Not the park's fault but can't recommend staying if they give you one of these spots. Disappointed, but glad I shortened my stay when I checked in based on their strict early departure policy.

This is the most awesome RV park we've been in in many, many states. It is right across the street…read morefrom the eagle nest lake state park. We arrived with a serious electrical problem, and Nathan - the owner/manager - promptly helped us by re-wiring temporarily, so we could have air-conditioning and electricity for our two days stay. He then called Albuquerque, New Mexico - which will be passing through after we left this location - and ordered us the electrical component to fix our RV. Because we would be arriving there on a Saturday, he also made arrangements with a mobile RV tech to install that part! Everything you want is at this location; from a wonderful restaurant, to laundry facilities, to conveniently located for the recreation facilities nearby, and a wonderful store. Nathan would not take a penny from us, for helping us!!! I cannot tell you how my wife and I, and dog, appreciated all he did for us, to make our stay just fabulously wonderful!!!! If you could give six stars to this nice place and the wonderful owners, they deserve it!!!

My wife and I arrived at Golden Eagle RV Campground at about 9:15 pm in the evening and I was…read morepleasantly surprised to find a young man by the name of Nate still up waiting for me to arrive. He had me follow him to our site and then continued to help us get situated. I found this to be pretty much the standard as Nate was always helping someone in the campground. We fell in love with Golden Eagle the year before when we met Bruce and Bridgette (Nate's parents) who told us they would be passing the campground on to Nate and Lisa. Sometimes you worry when you get that kind of news. But we found that nothing has changed in the warm and professional atmosphere, and the changes that Nate HAS made to the facilities are awesome. It's a fun and unique place to visit. Always something to do with local vendors showing up on one day with their homemade wares of jewelry, fresh bread, jams and beef jerky and then some really great musicians and singers on another evening. (Take some time to look at their events page.) And don't miss the evening movies. Just prepare to enjoy the fun. One of the nice surprises for me was their Grill where you could enjoy a delicious breakfast, lunch and/or dinner. I started with breakfast and the sausage was the best I had ever eaten - and I'm a Cajun boy. I had a great cheeseburger for lunch and my wife had, she said, one of the best chicken salad sandwiches she had ever had - but were not able to stay for the beef brisket special for that week. Hopefully it will be back when we return. (I believe you can see a copy of their menu on their website, but the specials change weekly.) In any event, we had a great time and will be returning in a few weeks for the balloon launch. I can't really add anything to some of the other nice reviews that give you more detail about the facilities, but Nate and Lisa were great and always accommodating - just good people and a joy to be around. We look forward to seeing them again. Do yourself a favor and spend some time at Golden Eagle RV Campground in Eagle Nest, New Mexico.

The Ranger was friendly! $20 per car, cash or card. The hike trails are both about 1/4 of a mile…read more Prepare to get your shoes and legs wet if you go through the bottom trail. Top trail has a few steep sections. We spent a little over an hour (hiking both trails). Got some good pictures and enjoyed nature!

This waterfall blew my mind! I didn't know that such a large waterfall existed in NM! I'm so glad…read morewe hiked it, and I'll be back! The water was pretty frigid, but still fun!

This nice little RV park, is located right outside of Taos and has stellar morning and evening…read moreviews of the sun peaking through the mountains. The hosts were so pleasant and explained how to circumvent the construction on the main road through town. It's a few miles from the Royal Gorge Bridge, and in the other direction, the Taos Pueblo. It was so quiet at night, even though it's right on US64, an occasional car. Not an issue. The skies were so perfect for star gazing as it's far from the Taos city lights, I could even see the veil of the Milky Way. It was amazing. I would definitely recommend this to any traveler. They have full pull through sites, back-in, and a few sheltered tent sites.

This is a great family run and very clean RV park. The spaces are huge and very wide. I had my…read moretrailer parked in one lane, my truck in another lane and still had a 3rd lane available. Packed in like sardines couldn't be further from the truth. The restroom and private shower were spotless. They have a nice little store with all the goodies, including the most sought after goody of them all...ice cream!! Gated entry is always a plus. The wonderful owners were very pleasant and accommodating. I found the surrounding views very pleasant. Road noise was minimal, but most of these places are located off a roadside, no big deal. I will return when I'm in the area. Great home base to explore the enchanted circle or to hike up to Wheeler Peak.

I hate that we couldn't access the sidewalk to be on the bridge. The area next to it does have…read moreparking but it is limited. They have a nice trail you can walk on and different areas to take cool photos. The best part is that it is free. They also have vendors selling goods in the parking lot.

Located about 10 miles from Taos, NM stands this majestic bridge!…read more While on vacation, we decided to come see the gorge, the Rio Grande River, and the bridge that spans it. And what a sight it was to behold! We parked in the Rio Grande Gorge Rest Area. The bridge & gorge are viewable from here. There are sheltered picnic tables and restrooms here. In 1963 the bridge was started and was completed in 1965. It is part of the US Highway 64. There are three spans connected to create one bridge 1,280 feet long (two 300-foot-long approach spans with a 600-foot-long main center span). September of 2012, the bridge underwent a $2.4 restoration which included structural steelwork, a new concrete deck surface, new sidewalks, ramps, curbs, and gutters. We were unable to walk out onto the bridge, but we did walk out to the rim. The dirt path was easy to navigate. Once near the rim, it becomes rocky and there is no barrier to keep you safe from falling off the edge, so watch your step! Since I am not very steady of my feet, I didn't go out as far as I would have liked to. A few more steps and I would have had a better view, but I stopped. Sadly, the bridge was closed to pedestrians in Sept. 2025 due to suicides. I feel that by not getting to walk across the bridge, my experience was hindered. I would have loved to get a full head on view of the gorge! For me, having the view from here would have been safer and more ideal! You've probably seen this bridge since it has appeared in a few movies including Natural Born Killers, Twins, White Sands, She's Having a Baby, The Signal, Paul, Vacation, Wild Hogs, and Terminator Salvation. Locals call this bridge the "High Bridge" or the "Gorge Bridge". It is the seventh highest bridge in the U.S. It is located in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. If we make it back here in the future, I hope we will be able to walk to the center of the bridge!

I would give a 6 star if availability. If your looking from…read morea home away from home where you can immediately feel the care and effort in preparing for your view, an authentic peaceful setting just outside the heavy traffic flow this is certainly your place to relax, take a deep breath, before choosing your flavor of I spiraling this magical location in New Mexico, then you have fou d it.

I had a difficult time at the snow mansion…read more I just wrote about it this morning and already i recieved no response from the owner and from any of the staff members there. in the summer of 2020 I visited the snowmansion for a few months and a few days into my stay I fell into the septic tank. A kind resident had the curtesy to smudge me off and to get me through the shock. She took the responsibility of helping me because it happened as I was helping her with a dragon sculpture. We turned out to be closer during my stay and my respect for her stayed good. They noted that I was luck I didn't break anything but I fell into it trap door style and I scratched and brusied myself hard. Muna noted that her sons were idots to leave a dangerous spot like this around when there were children also staying there, As she spoke to me in a patronizing was that she often speaks to most people if not petting their egos. I remember Muna the owner telling me before I could ever think of suing, thank you for not suing us. I remember how I fell and Muna also a body worker did minimal body work like massage or acupuncture to help me heal. ( I have scoliosis but she didn't even seem to have much thought about how this even affected my body and my nervous system. I was paying a discounted price for my room but I never got any lower prices because they seemed defensive when I brought up paying lower due to the fall, Anu said " I didn't know you felt so angry" They clearly don't have much expertise customer service. Muna can be unessisarly nasty to people at times, and you much guard yourself from her random anger and not take it to personally. She must have tone it down on me because I had fallen and I didn't even complain much so they all thought I was a great visitor! I found that regardless of the signs that read no drugs allowed, they are very 420 friendly. I remember my first visit, I felt like a dear in he headlights and someone sent me there but I ran away because I could not bear Muna because around her I had a huge difficult loving myself, which may have been simply a reflection about how she felt about herself. During my stay as if I was not a flexible enough candidate, I was asked to move my room around in case someone else wanted to rent it! They were asking me to rent a cabin a very small room shortly after my fall! for the same price! My struggles there with Muna and Anu not having good relations with most of the staff or with me, I had a difficulty finishing and focusing my energy on Native Roots because I didn't feel supported by them or safe there. There were some nice things, like sweat lodges and drug circles and connections with people, maybe the moral was that I needed to develop the connection with myself instead of putting myself through so much suffering... Sincerely Charlotte

Cimarron Canyon State Park is just a bit east of Eagle Nest, NM…read more Wow, was this beautiful, cooler weather country on August 1, 2026. My old man was driving so of course we didn't stick around long. Lol. I could definitely see myself spending time camping, hiking, and fishing in this area in the future. The river that flows through is the Cimarron. So I did some research... This is mostly dry camping country. I found nothing for RV hookups in this area. There were... + 4 campgrounds (including 94 sites) + reservations accepted + day use areas + angler parking sites + trailheads and canyon trails (hopefully clearly marked) + wildlife management areas + special trout waters + vault toilets + modern restrooms + picnic tables and grills + water hydrants This truly is the Land of Enchantment. Pack it in, pack it out - don't let your friends be litterbugs. I highly recommend you call 575-377-6271 or navigate their website for park alerts before heading there. https://www.emnrd.nm.gov/spd/find-a-park/cimarron-canyon-state-park/

So it's a dry camp. No water. No showers. Gray water dump by hand only. No black water dump. No…read moreelectrical. It's still way better than most RV campgrounds with full hookups. This is why I go camping. Scenery, ample space between the campsites, nice cool weather. It would be a bargain for 5 times the nightly rate. Just don't tell the state of New Mexico.

Carson National Forest - while in desperate need of more rainfall - is still such beautiful wild…read moreland. This part of the forest is nearest Taos, NM. If there was a more "New Mexico" town than Santa Fe that I could recommend to newcomers of the Land of Enchantment, it would be Taos. And you would be virtually engulfed by the Carson NF. You'll see deer and elk. Maybe - just maybe - you'll see the lone moose that I have heard in this area, affectionately referred to as Marty. Actually I haven't heard of him in a while. He was quite the craze in recent years. I hope he is king of the mountains and not in downtown Espanola or something. Aside from those more prominent larger herbivores, let's not forget the pronghorn antelope, bighorn sheep, black bears, coyotes, bobcats, foxes, all the smaller critters, and cougars too. I have yet to see a cougar and do not want to. I was more recently disheartened and disgusted by news that I learned on August 20, 2026, about "Suspected destructive devices recovered in New Mexico forest, reward offered" (ABC News). https://abcnews.com/US/suspected-destructive-devices-recovered-new-mexico-forest-reward/story?id=135812837 What? Why? Like some Ted Kaczynski wannabe? Talk about a bored begrudging ineffective citizen of the world, though, man. Pack it in, pack it out please. This forest is very special.

Carson covers a lot of land. We drove one way round the Enchanted Circle up to Angel Fire and the…read moreother way to Ojo Caliente from our crib in arroyo Seco. We reached 9,000 feet, it was cool and the Aspens had almost turned during early November. Still beautiful and so deserted we had the road to ourself. A bit nippy for hiking for us softies but we saw a few parked cars.

Beautiful lake with underground spring fed supply. Dam/levee, campgrounds, port-o-lets. Hiking…read moretrails. Beautiful setting.

Chipmunks are everywhere in a nuisance, even with no food out ,they're very bold... stressed my dog…read moreout the whole time we were there! Even though there are lots of trees, not much shade, way too many Jagger rocks some made to be foot and a half stairs to go down to your camping site.. worst camping experience in my life and my poor dog went up to relax instead it was chipmunk city!! The bathrooms were clean! I do not suggest overnight camping with animals there or if you wanna cook outside on your little grill so many flies!!