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Located on the outskirts of Ruidoso, Cedar Creek provides a wonderful space for groups visiting for the day or staying overnight. With a picnic shelter and three group campsites, the recreation area is ideal for an outing in Lincoln National Forest. A popular pastime is is hiking and mountain biking along the scenic multi-use trails adjacent to the Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground. There are opporunities to see a number of different wildlife, including Mule deer and Elk in the area.
Hiking and biking are among the most popular activities here, with options like the T90 fitness Trail which extends 1.3 miles and includes exercise stations. Bilking trails T120 A-D and T121 A& B are also nearby. Also we have an expert-only downhill mountain bike trail, located near the water tower to the east of the Campgrounds. The trail ends at the picnic area. Dogs must be kept on leash at all times while hiking. Dogs are not allowed on the Fitness trail.
The group picnic shelter offers drinking water and accessible vault toilets. Non-sheltered picnic tables are open to the general public.
The group campgrounds range from 60 to 100 person capacities and the group picnic shelter fits up to 40 people. Each site comes with accessible picnic shelters, campfire rings, drinking water vault toilets and grills.
Picnic Pavilion is for day use only. If you would like to camp overnight please book one of the group campgrounds.
Cedar Creek is perched along its namesake, Cedar Creek at a 7,000 foot elevation. Lincoln National Forest, located in south-central New Mexico, is most notable as the birthplace of the original Smokey Bear.
Ruidoso is a delightful town with quaint shops, restaurants and art galleries. If picnickers wish to camp overnight, they can head to Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground.
From Ruidoso on Mechem Drive, take Cedar Creek Road west .5 miles. Cedar Creek is the first recreational area located on the right (north).
The park was closed, so I can't say too much about it. But we hiked one of the trails and it was well maintained and well marked. I would definitely go back and explore some more.
Decent place to spend the day. Plenty of trails and beautiful scenery.
Beautiful park with lots of trails. Rangers should be checking roads more as people kept parking at the entrance of our site blocking our sign for our group. Other people tried to park and even camp at our site that we paid for. Good group camping with plenty of spots for RV dry camping and tents. Rates for 80 people but 2 latrines really are not enough 50 let alone 80. Pump for well was there but it was really stiff. Electric plugs at pavillion were not working when we got there and the station was closed as it was evening. They did come get it fixed within about 2 hours the next morning.Nice fire pit though we did not get to use due to fire restrictions.
The Sam Tobias Memorial area is a fantastic place to set up shop for a camping getaway or a break from the norm stay-cation. It has fantastic scenery and plenty of room to get lost in the Ruidoso beauty.
