Las Petacas Campground

US Forest Service · New Mexico

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

Set in a beautiful canyon quite close to Taos, there is good access to Rio Fernando de Taos for fishing.

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

45

Coordinates

36.38200, -105.52140

Nearest sites we map

• Capulin4 km · US Forest Service
• La Sombra Campground4 km · US Forest Service
• Lower Hondo Campground19 km · US Forest Service
• Cuchillo Del Medio Campground19 km · US Forest Service
• Rio Pueblo Campground19 km · Bureau of Land Management
• Taos Junction Campground20 km · Bureau of Land Management

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

All camping near Taos · All camping in New Mexico