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Deerhead Campground offers 20 sites and is immediately adjacent to the Village of Cloudcroft. Take NM130 south of its intersection with US82 in Cloudcroft 1 mile and you'll see the entrance to Deerhead on the right (just past the turnoff to the Ranger Station). Access to the Rim Trail (T105) trailhead is just across the street. Tables, fire rings, pedestal grills parking spurs, toilets, central garbage depository are all available at this campground.
From the west side of Cloudcroft, turn south onto NM130 and travel 1 mile. The campground entrance will be on your right.
great campsite. basic but beautiful. Was quiet when we were there and had our choice of camp sites. Short ride into town and hiking trails. Very happy
Close to roads so can be noisy. Near the town of cloudcroft in case you need to buy things. We stayed at site 11. Close to bathroom that had toilet paper. $26/night+ $9 for additional car. Max of 8 people per campsite. Saw some wild horses . Many nearby hiking trails and geocaches. Some campsites are close to each other, some more spread out. Bring your own water needs (drink, wash etc). They sell wood $8 a bag.
We stayed at this park for 2 nights. And every night people had music and talked very loudly at midnight, anyway, after 12. We couldn't sleep. Our children have been very tired because they couldn't sleep. It messed up our whole vacation. It would be my last place to stay. The bathroom smells so bad that sometimes it is hard to go in there.
It does not worth it to pay $28 per night for the service they have.
This was our first time at Deerhead. The camp manager was very helpful if we needed anything, he was happy to help. He has firewood bundles for sale in case you need any ($8 per bundle). The price per night is $28. Day picnics are the same price as well. Dogs are allowed but need to be leashed. The whole place is pretty quiet, even on the weekends. If it does get loud after hours, he’ll make sure to let them know to be quiet. There is cell service. There is also a spigot by the pay station to refill your water jugs. There are three bathrooms with vaulted toilets. They keep the bathrooms stocked but bring a roll for jic because there was one day that we didn’t have toilet paper in one of the toilets, or you could just go to one of the other bathrooms until they restock the one. There wasn’t any hand sanitizer when we went so bring your own.
There are two dumpsters for trash which was pretty helpful, just beware that at night there may be raccoons rummaging about. PLEASE CLOSE DUMPSTER DOORS and also put away any food, to include dog food before heading to bed. There are trails for hiking, and biking.
Cloudcroft Village is literally around the corner, so if you need ice, Family Dollar is open until 9pm, Allsups is 24hr, but if those run out, there is a convenience store down the road about 6 miles that has their own ice machine. They also have fresh eggs, so get there pretty early because they go fast. We tried Brother In Law BBQ one day that it rained the whole day, and they were really good and very hospitable! The little shops are great as well and have so much to look at. The coffee shop was closed when we went so we didn’t get to try them, but that’s for next time. If you need a new axe, fly trapping ribbons, or anything else related, New Village Hardware store is the place you need. It’s literally around the corner. It’s under new ownership, and they’re amazing! Check them out! If you need anything more than that, as in Harbor Freight, Walmart (has a Penguin Ice machine), Lowe’s, or even a hot shower at the Texaco truck stop, all that is 11 miles away. There is also a nice lookout point just before the campground for pictures and viewing.
The only cons about this place is that it’s open, so there are cars driving in and out all times of the day and night looking around and leaving. The gopher holes made it to where we couldn’t put our tent where we wanted it to be. Sometimes you’d have that one motorcyclist revving their engine unnecessarily which then echoes throughout the park, but I don’t count any of that against the park itself.
I hope I covered all the things I needed to know BEFORE going that wasn’t in the reviews when I looked. Happy Camping guys!
