Escondida Lake Park & Campground
County Park
Write a Review 27 Pueblitos Rd. Socorro, NM 87801 575-418-7350 575-835-0589 Official WebsiteGPS: 34.1236, -106.8897
Overview of Escondida Lake Park & Campground
Last Price Paid: $22
Reported by frequent traveler Dave on 4/22/2024
Longest RV Reported: 40 feet (Toy Hauler Fifth Wheel)
Reported by Meanderings on 10/23/2021
Number of Sites 20
Pad Type gravel
Reservations yes
Elevation 4,593 ft / 1,399 m
Max Stay 7
Max Length 40 ft
Tent Camping Yes
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To ask questions of the owner or manager please contact the campground directly. 575-418-7350
Sharon asked on 9/29/2021
Is there a limit on length? We have 30’ class A with bike rack so 34’ ish? Thanks!
Reviews of Escondida Lake Park & Campground 10 people have reviewed this location.
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Last reported 4/22/2024
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Last reported 12/15/2020
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Last reported 12/15/2020
“If you love train whistle every hour this is the place”
Reviewed 4/22/2024
| Nightly rate: | $22 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 7 |
| RV Length: | 27' (Class B) |
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It worked for one night. The park is a mile from I-25. If you are coming south on I-25, when you make the left onto the road to the lake, a narrow opening goes under the freeway. A big bus might need to pull in a mirror. The park lacks basic maintenance. There was litter in the lake and the grass area. The switch for power didn't even ... more
It worked for one night. The park is a mile from I-25. If you are coming south on I-25, when you make the left onto the road to the lake, a narrow opening goes under the freeway. A big bus might need to pull in a mirror. The park lacks basic maintenance. There was litter in the lake and the grass area. The switch for power didn't even have a cover there were exposed wires a safety hazard..It's a large pond, not a lake. I wouldn't let my dogs swim. It was disgusting. The best part was the train tracks are about 500 ft from the park. There is a train crossing for the road into the park, which means the train blows its train whistle before and at the crossing. I can tell you that the whistle will wake you from a sound sleep. According to my watch, a train goes about every hour at night. I would not every stay at this place again
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“Update on rate”
Reviewed 10/19/2023
| Nightly rate: | $22 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 5 |
| RV Length: | 27' (Travel Trailer) |
Overall Rating
Decent spot for overnight or two. Pull in, find an open spot and go online to reserve or call number on entry sign. Water is fine. Some sites have good shade for warm weather. Only heard one train at 6pm.
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Verizon 4G
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“Pretty nice ”
Reviewed 10/18/2022
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 10 |
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Pick your site then call the number provided at the entrance (I couldn't reach the caretaker, so I called the county number and got a very friendly person - Debbie.) We are in a motorhome and don't have dogs to walk, so we have no comments about goatheads. Never heard the train in the night, but selected a site toward the back just i... more
Pick your site then call the number provided at the entrance (I couldn't reach the caretaker, so I called the county number and got a very friendly person - Debbie.) We are in a motorhome and don't have dogs to walk, so we have no comments about goatheads. Never heard the train in the night, but selected a site toward the back just in case. $18 plus tax took us to $22 for full hookups. We had a nice view of the park and playground. Socorro is one freeway exit away for gas and a decent Walmart. Propane is available at the Conoco but access is tricky. We ended up lined up wrong and with our tow car still attached, it could have been a problem but the people there were super helpful and friendly. Our only complaint is the trash cans are overflowing.
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Mary4AZ would stay here again
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“Nightly train horn, goatheads, & smelly water”
Reviewed 10/23/2021
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 7 |
| Site Number: | 6 |
| RV Length: | 40' (Toy Hauler Fifth Wheel) |
Overall Rating
This park seemed like a bargain at $18 a night, and unfortunately, after staying a week it looks like the ‘cons’ outweigh the ‘pros’ for us. Pros: Very large, level, wide sites with tons of spacing, FHU (30amp), easy online booking, easy access from the highway (there is a narrow 13’9” underpass crossing if you use the Escondida exit ... more
This park seemed like a bargain at $18 a night, and unfortunately, after staying a week it looks like the ‘cons’ outweigh the ‘pros’ for us.
Pros: Very large, level, wide sites with tons of spacing, FHU (30amp), easy online booking, easy access from the highway (there is a narrow 13’9” underpass crossing if you use the Escondida exit coming south, which was fine for our 13’6” high 40’ fifth wheel), Verizon worked great, and it’s 0.5 miles from Journey’s Place (exceptional food and ice cream)
Cons: CG is right next to train tracks/crossing, which runs every night (over the course of a week, I heard the train horn at least once a night sometime around 12 midnight, 3am, and/or 6am). There are goatheads everywhere, and since we have a dog, I tried every possible spot to walk her and was unsuccessful in avoiding them. There is no management/host/etc presence in the park, so while we didn’t have any significant issues, we did see lots of dogs off leash and some wandering into our campsite and approaching our dog when we took her out. There were often vehicles driving around the CG (day and night) with seemingly no destination, and there was night where a group of non-campers had a ‘get together’ until well after midnight. While our utilities worked mostly fine, the water is hard with a notable metallic taste/smell, and there was consistently some trash in the park, behind the RVs, and strewn around the dumpsters.
As a CG this place is a bit of a disappointment, and while in a pinch we would consider staying here again, we’d try not to.
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Verizon 4G
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“Great stopover ”
Reviewed 4/12/2021
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 4 |
| Site Number: | 2 |
| RV Length: | 24' (Class C) |
Overall Rating
It’s a park ran by the county with trash, water, sewage and electric available. Easy to reserve online. Lake with fish and ducks. Playground for the kids. Can get noisy on the weekends.
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Ambientheat would stay here again
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“Perfectly fine for an overnight stay”
Reviewed 12/15/2020
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 12 |
| RV Length: | 25' (Class C) |
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I could have probably given this 4 stars but that might be a bit generous even though there was nothing bad about staying here. It's a bit of a drive off the main drag to get here but all paved. The "lake" is more of a pond but still nice with resident ducks. The park is large with a playground, restrooms, a ball field, and picnic tabl... more
I could have probably given this 4 stars but that might be a bit generous even though there was nothing bad about staying here. It's a bit of a drive off the main drag to get here but all paved. The "lake" is more of a pond but still nice with resident ducks. The park is large with a playground, restrooms, a ball field, and picnic tables. Reservations were easy to make online (it appears only 3 sites are open for use during the off-season) - my site was marked as reserved when I arrived. There was a lock on the electrical box so I called and was given the combination. Not sure what I would have done if I had arrived after hours but it turns out the lock was closed but not actually locked. The utilities were the kind you love to hate - all right on top of each other and at or below ground level. I guess that keeps the water and sewer from freezing, but the electric? Getting your surge protector in is tricky when the box is 4 inches off the ground. Great walking for the dog and very very quiet. Only one other camper here at the far end. If you want to stay in town, I drove by Luis B Diaz RV Park which was totally cute and worth checking out. My AT&T hotspot clocked in a 56 down and 10 up when I arrived. Outside my T-Mobile cell showed 34 down and 9 up with 4 bars. For the money, it was worth the FHU on a chilly night.
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Wandering Pulse would stay here again
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“Socorro County ran campground...decent and quiet”
Reviewed 11/7/2020
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 5 |
| Site Number: | 2 |
| RV Length: | 21' (Travel Trailer) |
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Stayed 5 nights, Sunday through Friday. Only 1 other camper all week. Started to fill up on Friday. Clean, older, but well kept. Full hookups including sewer. Stocked fishing pond, playground, and flush toilets. No showers. Huge grassy area, but full of dried goathead stickers in the fall...kept the dog off that area. Excellent V... more
Stayed 5 nights, Sunday through Friday. Only 1 other camper all week. Started to fill up on Friday. Clean, older, but well kept. Full hookups including sewer. Stocked fishing pond, playground, and flush toilets. No showers. Huge grassy area, but full of dried goathead stickers in the fall...kept the dog off that area. Excellent Verizon coverage and was able to hotspot and work all week with no drops in connectivity. Trains do roll past a couple times during the night, but it didn’t seem to phase my sleeping. No bugs the week I was there been with the water nearby,
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Verizon 4G
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“Convenient , clean, quiet stopover spot”
Reviewed 11/20/2019
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 4 |
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A days drive from our Colorado home. Hook-ups if needed. Playground nice for kids. Only 1 train per night, otherwise quiet. Does have web site, so you can easily make res and pay by cc ahead of time. Otherwise you may have no spot. Don’t be put off by road from interstate to campground.
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mhstrasser would stay here again
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“60 miles from VLA”
Reviewed 10/10/2019
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 8 |
| RV Length: | 32' (Class A) |
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We stayed here after the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. This was an adequate place to stay to visit the VLA as afterward we were continuing east to TX. There was a wildfire here May 2018 but you can’t really tell. It’s close to train track so you’ll hear the trains. The scenery coming into park is a bit rough but we felt comfortable ... more
We stayed here after the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. This was an adequate place to stay to visit the VLA as afterward we were continuing east to TX.
There was a wildfire here May 2018 but you can’t really tell. It’s close to train track so you’ll hear the trains.
The scenery coming into park is a bit rough but we felt comfortable when we saw other people at the park. The host was friendly.
One bit of info though. The underpass to campground is narrow but very doable. See picture.
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Spirit of Adventure 2.0 would stay here again
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“Nice transistion”
Reviewed 6/30/2018
| Nightly rate: | $18 |
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| Days stayed: | 8 |
| Site Number: | 4 |
| RV Length: | 36' |
Overall Rating
Living in Socorro we have stayed weekends here just to get out of town without driving for hours. As we are moving from Socorro, NM to Yuma, Az for a new job we moved here for our last week when the rent came due at Casey’s. The cost was cheaper and gave time to work out the “towing bugs” before leaving for Arizona. Despite the tra... more
Living in Socorro we have stayed weekends here just to get out of town without driving for hours. As we are moving from Socorro, NM to Yuma, Az for a new job we moved here for our last week when the rent came due at Casey’s. The cost was cheaper and gave time to work out the “towing bugs” before leaving for Arizona.
Despite the train tracks pass only a few hundred feet from the campground it is suprisingly quiet. Full hook ups with 15 & 30 amp only but good shade and level easy in easy out sites. # 4 and # 7 have large trees on either side providing shade both in the morning as well as afternoon.
There is a playground/park and a good size pond with fishing. Good level areas for leisurely walks and close to many Socorro county and BLM attractions. Plus only a few minutes drive back in to town to variety of amenities.
Best to call or visit the Socorro county office to make reservations as the park stays pretty booked up, especially on weekends and holidays. Probably best value for visit to Socorro.
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Amenities
Hookups
- 30 Amp
- 20 Amp
- water
- dry camping
- sewer
- Full Hookups
Recreation
- fishing
- picnic area
- playground
- recreation trail
Site Amenities
- picnic table
Facilities
- dump station
- restrooms: flush
- trash
- water available
Pets
- pets
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