Site Review- Cow Creek Campground- Pecos, New Mexico

GPS: 35.6646, -105.6379.

Let’s start off by saying this area is absolutely beautiful!

Our campsite was surrounded by National Forest, and butted up against a large creek.

The creek was full of snow melt, and you could hear the water rushing over the rocks. It was such a soothing sound.

You need that soothing sound, if you make it to this campsite.

To get up to it you have to go up 8 miles of winding, dirt roads that get very narrow, with a steep drop on one side.

If that isn't enough to scare you away, the road is fairly busy and sometimes you meet an oncoming vehicle with no room to pass.

Imagine that, while pulling a 40 ft TT.

It got pretty scary at times.

I would not do it again with a RV, but if I had a tent or small pod camper, I would absolutely come up here again.

After 8 miles, of winding roads through privately owned land, you enter into the national forest.

We stayed in the first spot we came to.

It wasn't level at all, but it was breath taking beautiful.

There are 5 other sites we saw in this area, only 1 of those was big enough to fit a large camper. The other ones were tent size sites.

Cost to Stay- $0

Length of Stay

As far as I am aware, you can stay up to 14 days at this location. Always double-check for yourself though!

Cell Service

Our cell provider is Straight talk, but it runs off Verizon towers and we had 0 bars of cell signal. We had to go a couple of miles away from our site to get cell service, and even then, it was spotty.

Do I recommend the area?

If you are a tent camper, have a small pod, or are feeling brave, absolutely. Would I ever again be willing to ride those long 8 miles with a 40 ft travel trailer hitched to our truck? Only if I had no other choice.

Tip for the Area

Don’t arrive in early April. At this high of elevation it snows at that time of year. We had planned to stay at this location a few days, however, the snowfall and treacherous road to get back down to main roadways, had us running for a lower elevation as soon as we felt safe enough to do so.