Rocky Bay Primitive Campground at Brantlay Lake State Park
| Brantley Lake State Park surrounds the southernmost lake in New Mexico. Full of desert plants and animals, it is an oasis. You can enjoy all of the normal water activities here, as well as many special events such as kite flying and fishing clinics. The Rocky Bay campground is the primitive campground in the park. It has no direct services other than trash cans scattered around. |
| Campground data | Waypoints | Maps | Getting to the campground | About the campground | Plants around the campground | Comments |
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| Date: | 2009-05-23 | 2001-05-13 |
| Cleanliness: | 9. | 9. |
| Waypoint | Type | Description |
| Brantly Prm CG | Campground | Rocky Bay primitive campground at Brantley Lake State Park |
| Map name | Cartographer | Year | Scale | Topo map? | Online access | Notes |
| Carlsbad Caverns National Park | National Geographic Trails Illustrated | 2001 | 1:34500 | Y | from Amazon (purchase) | Includes a map of Carlsbad Cavern on the back. |
| Lincoln National Forest, Guadalupe Ranger District | US Forest Service | 2003 | 1:126720 | N | from Amazon (purchase) | |
| Wildernesses of New Mexico | US Forest Service | 1981 | 1:1000000 | N | No online copies. | Base map with national forests, wilderness areas and highways. |
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From Carlsbad, head north on US 285. At the signs for the southern entrance to Brantley Lake State Park, turn and drive about 15 miles in to the park. |  |
 | This camping area is quite popular, with tent cities being common on
busy weekends.
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However, there is a network of roads throught the salt cedar. If you
are willing to be a little away from the lake edge, you can often find
isolated places to camp.
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 | The primitive campground is here amongst the salt cedar. The sign as
you enter says, "Leave no trace". However, there are several fire
rings; that is not "no trace" in my book.
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The primitive campground is very close to the lake. You can camp right
on the shore if you want to.
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We stayed in the primitive campground after a visit to Carlsbad. The only negative was that we could hear a motor running in the distance through the night---probably some kind of pump for the dam. Other than that it was great---and the showers on site were a plus. On Thu May 29 10:16:45 2008 NOT A HAPPY CAMPER from Artesia, N.M. said:
Memorial weekend 2008 my family and 4 other familys were camping together at one of the primitive pay sites. The Rangers did not treat us as paying guests they treated us as tresspasser on their property, They were not friendly at all. On this lake you can pay to camp on the primitive side or you can camp on the west side for free. the pay side offers one bathroom in a central location, boat ramp and militant Rangers. The free side offers no bathroom and you can launch your boat from the shore in most places and avoid the not so friendly Rangers, after this weekend we choose the free side. On Thu Dec 2 23:00:59 2010 Anonymous from el paso said:
If you stay on the primitive side can you still use all the facilities on the developed side? Also it said there werent any grill on the primitive side and you use a fire pit to cook?