Rob Jagger's Campground

Overview

Rob Jaggers Camping Area:

This site consists of 2 large day use parking areas, 2 vault toilets, and facilities for staging horseback riding. There are 27 campsites with electricity and potable water hookups, and other potable water outlets scattered throughout. Campites and horse corrals are first-come, first-served. Camping is restricted to the campground only and no camping is permitted in the day use parking area. Occasionally the campground is rented out for Special Recreation Permitted events. When this happens notification will be made to the public in the form of a news release. BLM requires a Special Recreation Permit for some events. Please contact the Roswell Field Office to determine if a Special Recreation Permit is required for your event. There is water and electricity located at the group shelter. To make group shelter reservations or for any other Rob Jaggers Campground information, please contact the camp host at 575-322-0030. For other information please contact the Roswell Field Office at 575-627-0272.

Recreation

RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES

This unique NCA has many opportunities for hiking, caving, horseback riding, mountain biking, camping, visiting cultural and historic sites, picnicking, hunting, wildlife viewing, nature study, and photography. There is drinking water and toilets at the Rob Jaggers Camping Area and at the Cave Campgrounds.

Trails

(Hiking, Biking, Horseback Riding) Fort Stanton NCA has 73 miles of sustainable horseback, mountain biking, and hiking trails that wind through open meadows and canyons. Trails are marked with flexible fiberglass markers with the trail name or an arrow attached to the marker. Cross-country horse and foot travel is allowed. Mountain bikes are strongly encouraged to stay on established trails to protect the rider as well as the landscape. The trails offer great views of the surrounding Sacramento and Capitan Mountains. The majority of the trails start at the Rob Jaggers Camping Area on NM 220 where you will find hitching rails, water for your animals, and a vault toilet.