RUN BY: National Park
Service
LOCATION: Ramah, NM
(35.037101 -108.336303)
UTILITIES: None
COST: None
DISCOUNTS: N/A
OUR RATING (1-5):
Category II. Rating - 4
NOTES: El Morro is an
extremely small national monument next to the much larger El Malpais. It is in beautiful country. El Morro is free because the NPS found that
keeping the personnel and equipment to take fees cost more than they made. The campground is small but pretty. Typical of the old NPS campgrounds, it is
best for tents and truck campers. It was pretty and comfortable with a great
view. The park is well worth visiting.
Environment:
High desert. Juniper and pinyon
pine with some ponderosa pine.
Amenities: None
Dump: No
Public Water: Yes
Toilets: Yes
Showers: No
Laundry: No
Phone Service:
None
Nearest Propane: unknown
- largest community is Grants, NM, 43 miles east.
Location:
Located on AZ-53 east of Ramah. Coordinates
to Park entrance: 35.043275 -108.338100
Proximity to shopping:
People working in the park seem to go to Grants, NM about 43 miles east.
Camping Population:
There were only three of us there in December 2017, but would expect it
to be very diverse during high season.
Sites: most
were small and not particularly level.
Typical of NPS, made for tents. There is a 27 foot limit in the
campground.
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RATING KEY:
category - score
Categories: I -
established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days
II
- boondocking, dry camping where there
are no designated sites and no amenities but
one might choose to stay for more than a night.
III
- over-night areas
You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to
things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities,
location, safety, camping population, site, phone service
* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers
by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people
but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more
crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even
though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have
good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of
vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in
life, I’m calling them ‘residential
campers’. It is only when you get a
high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in
petty theft, etc.
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