Johnson Mesa Campground

US Forest Service · New Mexico

Johnson Mesa Campground in New Mexico. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 199 public campsites we map in New Mexico.

Johnson's Mesa is a dispersed camping area located east of Las Vegas on NM 65 and FR 153.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Fee

Not published (the agency does not list one)

Booking

first-come, first-served

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Number of sites

70

Coordinates

35.70378, -105.46946

Nearest sites we map

• Ev Long4 km · US Forest Service
• El Porvenir Campground5 km · US Forest Service
• Links Tract Campground18 km · US Forest Service
• Field Tract Campground20 km · US Forest Service
• Iron Gate20 km · US Forest Service
• Dalton Dispersed21 km · US Forest Service

Source: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-02-25, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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