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From the KOA website:
Kick back with family and friends at this beautiful desert oasis built in 2000. This award-winning KOA is big rig friendly: All sites are huge 30/50-amp pull thrus with free Wi-Fi and free cable TV. The staff will spoil you as you enjoy the 2,000-square-foot community room, meals delivered to your site, a beautiful commercial laundry, outstanding restrooms, a fenced dog park and a heated pool. From this KOA in the heart of SE New Mexico, visit Carlsbad Caverns, Living Desert Zoo & Gardens State Park, Sitting Bull Falls Recreation Area, Roswell's International UFO Museum and White Sands National Monument. Check out the Robert H. Goddard rocket collection at the Roswell Museum and Art Center and the "Billy the Kid" history at the campground. A horse hotel also is available. See how this KOA is going green with the help of a wind turbine. Pool: March 15 - October 15. Max pull thru: 75 feet. Your hosts: Scott, Susan and Brian Bacher.
Located 13 miles north of Carlsbad, between mile markers 51 and 52 on US Hwy 285 N.
Adults 18+, Kids 9-17, Free 0-8
We are a travel nurse family who stayed at this park for 13 weeks while on assignment. This is not our first KOA to stay at, but it was by far our favorite. It’s in a safe and secluded part of Carlsbad and makes it easy to drive into Carlsbad or Artesia. My four kids loved the playground and the community center where they had toys, ping pong, and televisions with recliners. The staff at this KOA was what made all the difference though. They were so friendly and helpful with our family. I wish every campsite had staff as friendly as them. If ever in this area again, I would love to stay here again!
Friendly staff. Our only concern was the bathrooms. When showering in men's, the stall would flood. We physically pulled a huge hair ball out of stall drain and let staff know. Women's bathroom needs a deep clean from top to bottom. Hair in every shower. Every toilet, shower stall, walls and floor are all dirty. Dirt buildup in corners. Bathrooms just truly need a good deep clean and kept up. Stayed 2 weeks ago for 2 days
