This is a FREE campsite.

Address
Socorro, New Mexico
GPS: 34.002045, -106.992165
Elevation: 5451'
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Management
Public - Bureau of Land Managment (Official)
Website
505.835.0412

The road in is Dirt and 1 miles from a paved road. Socorro Box - The Box Canyon Recreation Area is open Year Round. There are 1-5 campsites at this location.

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Submitted by cyberhobo. Last update on Feb 22, 2010

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A secluded box canyon six miles west of Socorro attracts mostly climbers, but is a pretty good spot for an RV overnight.

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Keith
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Very nice up on top.

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Reviewed April 19, 2023

I parked in the parking lot. Nice place but no reception. I was going to leave and pulled onto the flat parking spot on top. Where you first come in. I noticed trails going up the hill. Drove to the top and it was nice up there. All the bars on my phone. And you can walk over and look down at the climbers.

Stayed here in a 14 foot-long Trailer (RV).

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egospoon
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Some nice nearby spots

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Reviewed February 21, 2023

If bandwidth is needed, a not-too-bumpy side-track (near the cattle guard a few hundred feet from Hwy 60) goes up the hill from the other side, to a few clearings with fire rings people have made. Some traffic noise, but very good Verizon signal from there.

Stayed here in a 22 foot-long Truck Camper (RV). egospoon would stay here again.

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DanielK
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Quiet. Lots of stars.

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Reviewed April 12, 2022

Stayed here April 1st, 2022. Could easily accommodate more than 5 campers. Large flat parking lot. If you are going west, check out the VLA (Very Large Array). You will drive through it!

Stayed here in a 10 foot-long Trailer (RV). DanielK would stay here again.

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AE
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Reviewed December 27, 2021

Good. Stayed here in a honda civic. Road not bad.

Stayed here in a Passenger Vehicle. AE would stay here again.

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secessus
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Joined 6 years ago

pretty, no signal

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Reviewed April 27, 2021

Pretty area, zero bars of TMO, V, or ATT. If I walked up the hill I got one unsteady bar of ATT. I needed a tiny bit of connectivity in the van so I moved after one night.

Washboard road leading in, which is one of my pet peeves. But there's a functional vault toilet so it gets and extra star for a total of three.

Stayed here in a 19 foot-long Class B (RV). secessus would not stay here again.

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Kevin
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Reviewed March 23, 2021

Fine place for a night on our way from White Sands to ABQ. Pit toilet and 3G Verizon reception. Several tent campers around. Nice walk in Box Canyon.

Stayed here in a Passenger Vehicle. Kevin would stay here again.

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dawn
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great spot for RV camping and climbing

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Reviewed December 8, 2019

really lovely spot. stayed there last night in our short bus that is towing our car. the road in was very easy to navigate and not too rocky. the place was entirely deserted during the night. in the afternoon (Saturday), there were many people rock climbing. felt very safe, clean, and most importantly quiet and BEAUTIFUL.

Stayed here in a 22 foot-long Skoolie (RV). dawn would stay here again.

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Harley
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Reviewed June 12, 2019

Ok so this spot was a bit sketchy in my opinion. It was around 8pm and a nice car pulls up, circles our vehicle and drives off. Probably someone trying to cheat on their spouse idk. Then it was around 11pm and we got woken up by mountain lions screaming. This was fine, we were in a van. But then what looks like a flashlight right next to the van shines on us. A little while later, a car drives down to the canyon and back up. It spooked us to say the least. We left and parked at the walmart. In retrospect, we think the car was a local or a hunter and they were making sure campers weren't down there with the mountain lions. But still, we didn't actually sleep here

Stayed here in a Passenger Vehicle. Harley would not stay here again.

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John
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Beautiful box canyon

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Reviewed April 14, 2019

Been here 3 days, very quiet,beautiful scenery. Rock climbers came for the weekend - interesting to watch them. AT&T phone service limited in canyon, but, accessible just a short walk to higher elevation. Gravel parking lot with several fire rings and a nice clean vault toilet. No trash pickup... "pack in - pack out"!

Stayed here in a 20 foot-long Class B (RV). John would stay here again.

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RollingVistas
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Joined 7 years ago

RVs are allowed! Gorgeous canyon!

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Reviewed April 8, 2019

After reading the reviews here, we were a little nervous about rangers telling us to leave. We called the local Socorro BLM office to make sure we can stay here in our 32 ft RV next to a fire ring and the woman who answered the phone was super friendly and said that is 100% allowed. I’m not sure why some reviews say no RVs, obviously it is ok! Beautiful spot and cool to watch the climbers!

RollingVistas would stay here again.

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Reviewed November 10, 2018

Stayed two nights not really any camping spots more of just a parking lot was also told on Facebook you're not allowed to camp there or you will be fined I did not see any Rangers the two days I was there nice place to go hiking A few small caves I would not go out of my way to stay again but it's a good place to overnight I guess

Stayed here in a 12 foot-long Trailer (RV). Floyd Collins would not stay here again.

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Sharmin Rodriguez
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Reviewed September 15, 2015

Dont stay with an rv. The rangers are very rude and say that its not an rv spot. We were written a ticket for parking our class c and staying. They said it was for camping and day use. Otherwise a very beautiful spot.

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soilcarbon
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Reviewed December 16, 2013

Fine overnight spot. Full moon in box canyon was spectacular. Even some Verizon 3G signal.

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Reviewed September 12, 2013

There are no ATV trails in the area and the BLM does not allow vehicles off marked roads, so the activity listed for ATV trails is false. Also, much better camping 10 miles to the west in Water Canyon campground. Parking lot has flooded many times so watch for flash flooding and road to parking lot can get very slick and muddy during rain.

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