Open
Open year-round. Campsites and horse corrals are first-come, first-served. Water hydrants may be winterized during cold months except at campsite 1. 14-day maximum stay.
About
Rob Jagger's Campground sits at 6,300 feet in the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area, surrounded by high desert cedar and juniper hillsides with ponderosa pine stringers in the canyon bottoms. The campground features 27 campsites with electric and potable water hookups, two vault toilets, and a dump station. Additional potable water outlets are scattered throughout the grounds, and a group shelter with water and electricity is available for reservation.
The campground is the main staging area for the NCA's 73 miles of sustainable trails open to hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. Equestrian facilities include hitching rails, water for animals, and horse corrals. Trails wind through open meadows and canyons with views of the Sacramento and Capitan Mountains. The Rio Bonito Petroglyph Trail, accessible via NM 220, features ancient Jornada Mogollon rock art.
Historic Fort Stanton, one of the few intact frontier forts in the West, lies 1.5 miles south and includes a museum. Fort Stanton Cave, with over 40 miles of mapped passages including the Snowy River calcite formation, is currently closed to recreational caving due to White Nose Syndrome concerns.
Directions
From Capitan, NM: Drive east on US 380 for 4.3 miles to NM 220 on the right. Take NM 220 approximately 1 mile; campground is on the left. From Lincoln, NM: Drive west on US 380 for 7.75 miles to NM 220 on the left. Drive south 0.9 miles to the campground.
