Juniper Campground (Quemado Lake)
October 2026
About
Overview
Juniper Campground is Quemado Ranger District's most popular campground. It offers electric RV hookups (no sewer), leveled tent sites, and easy lake access. This campground is a mix of first come, first served sites and reservable sites. For more information, you can visit our website:Gila National Forest : Recreation Group - Quemado Lake Recreation Area
Recreation
Recreational opportunities include fishing and boating on Quemado Lake, hiking forest and lakeside trails, and RV and tent camping.
Facilities
Boat Ramp / Tent Camping/ Trailer/RV Camping / Picnic Tables / Vault Toilets / Grills / Campfire Rings
Natural Features
Lake Access/ Forested / Unrestricted Night Sky Views
Contact Info
For facility specific information, please call (575) 773-4678.
Nearby Attractions
- El Caso I-3 Campgrounds
- El Caso 4 & 5 Campgrounds
- Piñon Campground
- Quemado Lake and Day Use Area
- Boat Ramp at Quemado Lake
Charges & Cancellations
Cancellation Policy:
- A customer who cancels a reservation the day before or the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's use fee (not to exceed the total paid for the original reservation). Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee.
Amenities
Is Juniper Campground (Quemado Lake) fully booked?
A campground showing no availability is almost never full for good. People cancel — plans change, weather turns, someone books three weekends and keeps one — and the site goes straight back into the booking system, usually without warning and often at odd hours. The reason sold-out campgrounds feel impossible is not that sites never free up; it is that nobody is watching at the moment they do.
CampHawk watches Juniper Campground (Quemado Lake) for you. We recheck it every 15 seconds, around the clock, and the moment a site opens we send a text, an email and a push notification — and on Recreation.gov we can put the site straight into your cart, so it is held while you get to your phone.
Searching is free and needs no account — the calendar above is live right now. Watching Juniper Campground (Quemado Lake) for cancellations is the paid part.