Lake 13 Dispersed Camping
Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge
Write a Review CR A-2 Maxwell, NM 87728 575-375-2331 Official WebsiteGPS: 36.582, -104.5898
Overview of Lake 13 Dispersed Camping
Accessibility is not guaranteed, always scout ahead before driving down dirt roads. Learn more: Boondocking 101.
Last Price Paid: $0
Reported by camper-660976 on 7/6/2024
Longest RV Reported: 40 feet (Class A)
Reported by OurEndeavor on 9/22/2023
Pad Type grass
Elevation 6,036 ft / 1,839 m
Max Stay 5
Tent Camping Yes
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Rocky57camper asked on 10/23/2023
Is Lake 13 open in November for camping? Looks beautiful! Thanks
Reviews of Lake 13 Dispersed Camping 50 people have reviewed this location.
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Last reported 5/11/2024
“Nice boon-docking spot. ”
Reviewed 5/7/2020
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| RV Length: | 40' (Class A) |
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First of all, off of Rt 505 make sure you take the Lake 13 Rd. There is a big brown sign for Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge. Our GPS failed and took us down another smaller gravel road before. The site was grass and a good location for visits to Angel Fire/Eagles Nest/Taos (The Enchanted Circle) and Sugarite Canyon State Park. It w... more
First of all, off of Rt 505 make sure you take the Lake 13 Rd. There is a big brown sign for Maxwell National Wildlife Refuge. Our GPS failed and took us down another smaller gravel road before. The site was grass and a good location for visits to Angel Fire/Eagles Nest/Taos (The Enchanted Circle) and Sugarite Canyon State Park. It was kind of windy at night when we were there. Very quiet and there are park rangers just down the road and patrol the area. We had an issue with large moths when we had to pull in our full wall slide in as the wind was flapping our slide topper pretty good.
The ranger asked us if he should make spots more defined and make them a back-in, as people were kind of taking up 2 potential spots a lot of the time. We said it would be good.
For data we used our AT&T Nighthawk with a weBoost and was running 55 mbs down 22 Up and iPhone X LTE 46/24.
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Rollin Down The Road would stay here again
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“Quietly modest”
Reviewed 4/29/2020
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| Days stayed: | 7 |
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Very nice open lake with water fowl lots of animals.
You can hear the cows moo-ing far far away.
I don’t think I even heard air traffic
Bring your own water
Trash receptacles
Toilets
No water or dump
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CheapDaddy would stay here again
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“If there are geese. Leave”
Reviewed 3/8/2020
| Days stayed: | 1 |
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Beautiful spot 10 minutes from the highway, only 3 or 4 spots available but it was empty in October. The lake was filled with hundreds of geese and migratory water birds which made horrifically loud honking noises all night long. Even with ear plugs and wind it was still loud. If they weren’t here this spot would be exponentially nicer.
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Verizon
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“Beautiful views all around”
Reviewed 2/17/2020
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
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We ended up staying the full three days there's trash and vault toilets. Roads were nice and graveled just washboard. Mountains are all around and a lake with birds are in front. The site is pretty much right when you pull in by the picnic tables we started to go around a and ended up backing up since we couldn't turn around.
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Jemsadventurebox would stay here again
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“Good, quiet spot to boondock”
Reviewed 12/17/2019
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
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Date of stay: 12-4-19
We spent a night here as we travelled west. No one else was around when we stopped. Even though it’s pretty close to Maxwell it was very quiet.
Picnic tables and trash bins but no fires allowed. Beautiful views of the lake. Overall a great place to park.
SimpleJoyfulJourney would stay here again
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“Very peaceful ”
Reviewed 10/23/2019
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| RV Length: | 30' (Travel Trailer) |
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Easy in and out. Any size rig can get in. Road is gravel and smooth. Not a lot of room, if you are with friends no problem, but if others are around and spread out it might be tight. 3 picnic tables and trash cans. Near the lake, but the water level is low. Great views of mountains in the distance. The morning was alive with waterfowl... more
Easy in and out. Any size rig can get in. Road is gravel and smooth. Not a lot of room, if you are with friends no problem, but if others are around and spread out it might be tight. 3 picnic tables and trash cans. Near the lake, but the water level is low. Great views of mountains in the distance. The morning was alive with waterfowl on the lake. I arrived around 3 and was the only one there. A few minutes later a 5th wheel arrived and this morning there was a van at the other end. No bugs as it was a bit breezy
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HacknRiver would stay here again
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“Quiet and peaceful boondocking location”
Reviewed 10/1/2019
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
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We enjoyed this boondocking location very much. As others have stated, it is an open grass field with picnic tables and garbage. There are some vault toilets at one end, but we didn't use them. There are beautiful mountain views in the distance surrounding the camping area. We drive a 34ft Class A MH and the dirt road was a ... more
We enjoyed this boondocking location very much. As others have stated, it is an open grass field with picnic tables and garbage. There are some vault toilets at one end, but we didn't use them. There are beautiful mountain views in the distance surrounding the camping area.
We drive a 34ft Class A MH and the dirt road was a very easy drive in.
AT&T cell service was excellent. 45Mbps DL/5 Mpbs UL with our mobile router (no booster)
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Home Wherever We Roam would stay here again
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“All Sites Are Lake Views”
Reviewed 8/3/2019
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | NA |
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There is a free three-day limit as it is a wildlife national refuge area. One site is under the trees but the rest of the sites are out in the open on a beautiful mowed grass plain. There were only a few picnic tables but I’m sure the area could hold many more people. While I was there getting relief from the heat at over 6000 feet, o... more
There is a free three-day limit as it is a wildlife national refuge area. One site is under the trees but the rest of the sites are out in the open on a beautiful mowed grass plain. There were only a few picnic tables but I’m sure the area could hold many more people. While I was there getting relief from the heat at over 6000 feet, only one other camper. The first night I stayed under the trees right next to the water but moved out to the open field for my solar. I saw pelicans, geese, seagulls (and I can’t figure out why they were there as there is no ocean nearby), I think a swan, a deer and her fawn, a young but very large buck wandered through, some wild turkeys and a pretty good size jack rabbit. It was beautiful, quiet and very peaceful. The road around the lake goes in the halfway but easy bike riding. Fishing boats and a few fishing off the dam caught a few fish - don’t know what. I enjoyed my three days and would’ve stayed longer if permitted!
Lin would stay here again
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“Very nice”
Reviewed 8/2/2019
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | NA |
| RV Length: | 29' (Class C) |
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I just spent a day and a night. I was the only one here until about 4pm. The road in was narrow but not rough with mild washboard. There are two pit toilets available. But one was locked, and the other would not lock. Not a big deal for me. I would have stayed longer except that I had to be somewhere on Saturday. The ground is ... more
I just spent a day and a night. I was the only one here until about 4pm.
The road in was narrow but not rough with mild washboard.
There are two pit toilets available. But one was locked, and the other would not lock. Not a big deal for me.
I would have stayed longer except that I had to be somewhere on Saturday.
The ground is level enough for my Class C
I have Verizon and it was good in the morning but very spotty later in the day.
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Verizon 4G
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“Very Pleasantly Surprised”
Reviewed 6/13/2019
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | None |
| RV Length: | 35' (Class A) |
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We didn’t know what to expect and when we arrived were very pleasantly surprised. The grass lawn was very well kept and the park very clean. Two other rigs onsite besides ours. Lake is beautiful and we were greeted by a friendly antelope!!
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Amenities
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- dry camping
Recreation
- fishing
- water access
Site Amenities
- picnic table
Facilities
- restrooms: vault
- trash
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