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Sierra Grande Rest Area
Parking Lot
Write a Review US-87 Des Moines, NM 88418 505-827-5100 Official WebsiteGPS: 36.6835, -103.7862
Location submitted by: Jason
Overview of Sierra Grande Rest Area
Overnight Parking is allowed, 24 hour stay limit, no tents allowed.
For operating status, please see NM DOT website.
Last Price Paid: $0
Reported by MariaMarooska on 2/28/2024
Longest RV Reported: 44 feet (Fifth Wheel)
Reported by Piszczek_fam on 5/17/2023
Pad Type asphalt
Elevation 6,397 ft / 1,949 m
Max Stay 1
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Reviews of Sierra Grande Rest Area 9 people have reviewed this location.
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Confirmed by 3 Users
Last reported 7/3/2021
Confirmed by 6 Users
Last reported 4/21/2024
Confirmed by 2 Users
Last reported 12/17/2020
“Easy Access ”
Reviewed 4/21/2024
Overall Rating
Easy access from road. Spacious area. Very busy during day. Clean bathrooms.
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AT&T 5G
Mahreen would stay here again
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“Quiet, Easy Rest Stop For The Night ”
Reviewed 2/28/2024
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 0 |
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Got here around midnight, went to the north side like other reviewers said to do. A few semis in the south part. No one else was in the north section when we got there; a couple semis were there in the morning. Was pretty quiet all night -some traffic and one train. Didn’t see any snakes. Didn’t let my dogs into the grass beyond the ed... more
Got here around midnight, went to the north side like other reviewers said to do. A few semis in the south part. No one else was in the north section when we got there; a couple semis were there in the morning. Was pretty quiet all night -some traffic and one train. Didn’t see any snakes. Didn’t let my dogs into the grass beyond the edge. Restrooms were good. Men’s were a little messy but women’s seemed really clean.
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MariaMarooska would stay here again
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“Great Overnight Stop ”
Reviewed 5/17/2023
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| RV Length: | 44' (Fifth Wheel) |
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Arrived after midnight, plenty of space. A few other RVs around with slides out and trucks had generators running so we ran ours.
Easy in & out
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Piszczek_fam would stay here again
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“Excellent ”
Reviewed 9/25/2021
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | N/A |
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Rest Area with clean restrooms. Busy during day, quiet at night. Smaller than most on expressways.
K4CJX would stay here again
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“One of the nicer highway rest stops I've been to”
Reviewed 7/3/2021
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| RV Length: | 27' (Travel Trailer) |
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Wide open, plenty of room, clean, new(er) asphalt, and nice views. The truckers seem to gravitate mostly on the south end, keep driving past the bathrooms to the north end and pick your spot. The periodic trains passing through was the only bummer. I'd definitely stay here again.
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Verizon 4G
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“Great place to stop”
Reviewed 5/27/2021
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| RV Length: | 24' (Travel Trailer) |
Overall Rating
Got to Capulin Volcano when it was closing and needed a place to overnight. This was perfect; spacious, quiet, dumpster available, and even picnic pavilions. Great Verizon signal too!
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Verizon 4G
Ben would stay here again
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“Quick, Easy, overnight”
Reviewed 12/20/2020
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
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Easy to get to. Plenty of space. Go towards the end, the front mostly has trucks. There is a water hook up but you need a long hose. Level area. You can hear some of the street noise but it’s not bad.
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Genacordero would stay here again
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“Quiet”
Reviewed 12/17/2020
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| RV Length: | 25' (Class C) |
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The trucks grouped at the south end whereas the north end, near the dumpsters, was empty, large and level-ish. AT&T clocked in at 60-80 down & 19 up. Only OTA channels were 3 crisp PBS stations.
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T-Mobile 4G
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“Spacious parking”
Reviewed 11/10/2020
| Nightly rate: | FREE! |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| RV Length: | 25' (Travel Trailer) |
Overall Rating
Lots of space for parking. Easy access from the highway. Dumpsters available for trash. Since it's not far from the highway and there aren't many trees, highway noise can be a bit of an issue depending on where you park (closer or further from the road). The area can get high winds (again, no trees), so your RV likely will rock a b... more
Lots of space for parking.
Easy access from the highway.
Dumpsters available for trash.
Since it's not far from the highway and there aren't many trees, highway noise can be a bit of an issue depending on where you park (closer or further from the road).
The area can get high winds (again, no trees), so your RV likely will rock a bit if you don't deploy stabilizer jacks.
Ran my generator for a couple of hours without any issues / complaints.
There also was a building that seemed to have restrooms, but I did not check it out.
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Jason would stay here again
This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
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Amenities
Hookups
- dry camping
Site Amenities
- big rig
- pull thru
Facilities
- restrooms: flush
- trash
Pets
- pets
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