Las Petacas
 | A wide spot with a stream in the Taos Canyon which has been turned into a campground. This campground is used by people as a place to spend the night, not as a place to spend time (when we spent the night here, most were gone a little after 8am). Part of this is probably due to the fact that this is the first campground you reach after you leave Taos. If you are looking for a better campground, continue up the road to either Capulin or La Sombra |
| Campground data | Waypoints | Maps | Getting to the campground | About the campground | Plants around the campground | Comments |
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| Date: | 2000-08-10 |
| Cleanliness: | 7. |
| General notes: | When we visited, the toilet had a broken door handle. |
| Waypoint | Type | Description |
| PETACA | Campground | Las Petacas Campground |
| Map name | Cartographer | Year | Scale | Topo map? | Online access | Notes |
| Carson National Forest | US Forest Service | 2002 | 1:126720 | N | from Amazon (purchase) | Camino Real and Questa ranger districts and Valle Vidal Unit side of the map |
| Guide to Indian Country of Arizona Colorado New Mexico Utah | Automobile Club of Southern California | 1998 | 1:0 | N | from Amazon (purchase) | Good overview road map for northwest NM. No scale is given on the map. The corner coordinates are approximate. |
| Taos | BLM | 1994 | 1:100000 | Y | 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 Taos, take US 64 towards Angel Fire. The campground will be on
the south (right) side of the highway after you have gone five to ten miles.
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 | The highway is right next to the campground, so road noise is a problem. You enter the campground at the middle, and the turnaround space at either end is limited if the campground is full. The photo shows our truck in site 6. |
Site 9 looks like the nicest. To get to it, turn right when you enter
the campground and go to the end. There is a nice tent location here.
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 | A small stream does run beside the campground.
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