We camped here for 3 weeks. Located down stream from Heron Lake, this is less used and smaller park. High country is green and cool. Positives: Absolutely beautiful, close to lake, extreme stars, friendly staff, good fishing and boating, not crowded, quiet, nice trails. Negatives: no cell phone coverage, no full hookups, somewhat noisy on the weekends at night, Chama grocery is closed for reconstruction, only basic supplies are available. Closest full service store is about 50 miles away at Dulce, Espanola or Alamosa. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

Heron Lake is a beautiful state park with many ways to camp. We stayed in the Blanco Loop where electric (30/20 Amp)and water were located on your site. Most of the sites appeared to have sufficient space, although a few sites were small for larger coaches. All in all a great way to spend a few days. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

I agree with the previous posting. We were at a lovely, large, back-in, private site in the Blanco Loop. This is my favorite NM State Park campground because of the beauty and peacefulness of the area, so this is why I rated it a 9 (using the standards of comparison of NM state parks and not RV parks). We have camped at Heron Lake many times. The Blanco Loop was about 50-60%% occupied on the Fourth of July. The lake was 12 feet higher and looked a lot better than in previous years. We like coming here because you get a quiet, more family oriented crowd with Heron being a no-wake lake. The other lakes that allow speed boats and jet skis tend to have a rowdy, partying crowd that do not know the meaning of quiet hours and leave their sites littered. The park also has a nice visitor center. I did not use the bathrooms but did check them out and they were nice and clean. We did get cell phone service with Verizon with a couple of bars of signal. The state is in the process of creating a nice trail system and has events scheduled throughout all of its state parks. The Rio Chama trail is in the area and is also a pretty, moderately easy hike along the Chama River. Its length is about 12 miles but you can walk as far as you want and then turn around. We were sorry to leave as we could have stayed for an entire month! I wanted to mention that there are some full service sites available in the Willow Creek campground that can be reserved. I believe that these sites may have 50 amp service but I would check if that is important to you. There are several other developed campgrounds that are dry camping and a lot nearer to the water and there is primitive camping just steps from the water. We have an annual camping pass, so our rate was only $4 for the electric hook-up. Otherwise, it is $14, quite a bargain as compared to what some other states charge for camping at their state parks. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

Heron Lake State Park is located at 7,200 ft. off of highway 64 on highway 95, approx. 10 miles in. We stayed in Blanco CG which is one of two loops that have electric and water hookups(54 sites). There were quite a number of first come sites available when we arrived. Most of the sites were back ins but some were pull throughs. Our site was level and very roomy and private, we had plenty of room for our slide outs and awning. Water pressure was very good and we didn’t encounter any problems with the electrical. The roads are dirt/gravel but the sites are more gravel then dirt. We had no cell phone service but was able to get air card service for our computer with our booster antenna. Some of the sites had an overhead shelter, all of the sites had tables and a fire ring/grate. There’s a dump station located before you enter the campground loop on the left. We enjoyed the park and wish we had stayed longer. It was very quiet there and people were respectful of other peoples space. We have an annual camping pass, otherwise we would have had to pay $14.00. We will more then likely return if in the area again. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Located 32 miles east of Tierra Amarilla, Hopewell Lake cg sits at 9,800 ft. in the Carson Natl. Forest and is a great place to escape the summer heat. It’s located just off hwy 64 which isn’t a very busy road. We came in from Taos which is not as steep a climb as it is coming in from the town of Tierra Amarilla. Very nice campground with threaded water spigots outside of each restroom. There are also trash receptacles located throughout the cg loop. When you first enter the cg you'll notice there’s lots of sites in the trees, but as you continue around the loop it will open up and you’ll find meadow areas with campsites. Very nice and open, beautiful in July with wildflowers everywhere. Continue on and you’ll find more sites that are in the trees again. There are a number of sites that can accommodate 40+ motor homes plus a toad. The sites are pretty level, dirt & gravel, mostly back ins. A picnic table and fire ring with grate is provided. It’s so quiet and away from it all. Plenty of room for slide outs and awnings. No bear sightings in the area. We could hear birds but never saw to many. Only spotted a Flicker. Lots of fishing in the lake going on. You can get to the lake by trail, located in the campground or by car in the picnic area. No cell phone service here. We noticed that there was lots of dispersed camping going on up a little further from the campground turnoff (on hwy 64) and just past the campground loop entrance. It’s free, just don’t go trail blazing. This is truly some of the most spectacular country we've been through in a long time.If you need propane, the Chevron Station in Tierra Amarilla fills bottles and motor home tanks. We will stay here again when traveling through New Mexico. We camped here in a Motorhome.