Lincoln National Forest · New Mexico
Overview Apache Campground offers 24 sites that can accommodate tents or RVs up to 30 feet in length. This area is composed of a beautiful mixed conifer/aspen forest and sits at an elevation of 8,900 feet which provides Southern New Mexico an escape from summer heat on the desert floor. This campground is equipped with picnic tables, fire rings, parking, toilets, and a central garbage depository.
Sites at Apache (NM) 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 | 29 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| 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 Apache (NM) 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.
| Silver (NM) | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Sleepy Grass | Cancellation alerts available |
| Pines Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Saddle (NM) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Deerhead Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| CEDAR CREEK (Sam Tobias) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Aspen Group Area (Lincoln National Forest, NM) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Black Bear Group Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lower Fir Group Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Slide Group Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Upper Fir Group Area | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Apache (NM); cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.