Carson National Forest · New Mexico
Overview On February 2, 1912, Aldo Leopold (1887–1948) wrote to his fiancée, Estella Bergère, in Santa Fe that the Forest Service had appropriated $650 to build a new supervisor’s quarters he had designed at Tres Piedras, New Mexico, northwest of Taos. At the time, Leopold was about to become the new Forest Supervisor of the Carson National Forest in Tres Piedras. Later that year, he built the house, which the newly married couple decided to call “Mi Casita”.
Sites at Aldo Leopold House are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 1 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Cabin |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Tres Piedras, NM |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Aldo Leopold House around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Agua Piedra Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Cimarron Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Hopewell Lake Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Columbine Campground (Nm) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Elephant Rock Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Santa Barbara Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Fawn Lakes Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Echo Amphitheater | Cancellation alerts available |
| Amole Canyon Group Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| El Rito Campground--Group Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Aldo Leopold House; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.