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Chosa Campground
Free camping
Campground · Bureau of Land Management Fees: No Fees Stay limit: 14 Days Chosa Campground consists of a 3.5-acre, pipe-rail fenced pad that offers a trash container and a safe parking space for your Recreational Vehicle plus a protected area to set tents, whatever your camping style. Chosa campground provides visitors a fee free location strategically located between two national parks with Carlsbad Caverns a short 11-mile drive north and Guadalupe Mountains National Park 27 miles south on Highway 62. Chosa Draw Chosa Campground obtained its name from Chosa Draw, which is 0.8 miles southeast of this site, and well known for its gypsum karst cave systems. As this site is situated within the gypsum karst ecosystem, many unique habitat features exist that are within walking distance of the campground. Some of these features include flora such as gypsum grama as well as natural formations like the various springs which are a true jewel of the Chihuahuan Desert.… Getting there: Chosa Campground is about 27 miles southwest of Carlsbad, NM. From Carlsbad, NM take US 62/180 south approximately 27 miles until mile marker 9, turn east on Dillahunty Road/County Road 424. Follow Dillahunty Road for 0.25 miles and the campground will be on the north side. Phone: 575-234-5972 Official page: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10278188 Source: Recreation.gov, Bureau of Land Management. Fees and seasons change; check the official page before you go.
Official information from the managing agency. Fees, seasons and closures change; check before you go.
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