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_This is a beautiful remote camping area. Trail #94 begins at the rear of the campground._ Located in a remote area of forest approximately 30 miles from the Wilderness Ranger District office. This campground is accessible from FR 150, and driving approximately .5 miles from the road, across the stream. You will enter an area with a newer vault toilet and a beautiful meadow next to the stream. Please be advised - the district recommends high-clearance 4x4 vehicles on FR 150.
The campground is located 30 miles from Wilderness Ranger District office. Take Hwy 35 to MM15 to FR150.Turn right & travel 26 miles over a improved dirt & rock road to Black Canyon Campground. Turn left and travel .5 miles, over a steep stream crossing to the Lower Campground.
Stopped here for lunch on our way to Snow Lake/Dipping Vat. For both the Upper and Lower campgrounds, there were a few pick-nick tables and a vault toilet at each site. Overall, not at bad place but needs some clean up work done on it. A lot of natural debris, fallen limbs and the like.
Black Canyon is a drive to get to (must take 4-wheel drive, high clearance vehicle) but the bathroom was clean, with TP and hand sanitizer, and the picnic tables had seen some years but were servicable. Nice camping area with the hopefully soon to be designated Wild and Scenic portion of East Fork of the Gila River meandering through which makes good hiking because the steep canyon makes it nearly impossible to get lost.
When you pass the BIG meadow with old fencing on your way to Black Canyon from Mimbres (Hwy 35), look for a historic homestead ruin on the same side as the meadow but just a bit down, if you hit the rectangular water trough located on the oppisite side of the meadow, you have gone passed the ruin.
