New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 5 - STATE PARKS AND RECREATION › Part 2 - PARK VISITOR PROVISIONS › Section 19.5.2.12 - CAMPING

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A. Visitors may
				camp in parks in designated areas, provided that they obtain a valid camping
				permit. Visitors shall obtain permits upon entry by paying appropriate fees.
				See 19.5.6 NMAC. Use of park properties and facilities between the hours of
				9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or as posted by the superintendent, is camping. Check
				out time, the time the campsite is to be vacated, is 2:00 p.m.; however, the
				camping permit allows day use of the park until 9:00 p.m., or as posted by the
				superintendent, on the day the camping permit expires. Camping is not available
				at Living Desert Zoo and Gardens state park, Rio Grande Nature Center state
				park, Mesilla Valley state park or Smokey Bear historical park.
B. Campers shall not leave unoccupied any
				type of vehicle, motorized camper, trailer, tent or other sleeping unit or
				facility or otherwise leave a campsite unoccupied for more than 24 hours
				without the superintendent's prior approval. Unoccupied means the camper is not
				present at the campsite for more than 24 hours.
C. Campers shall maintain campsites in a
				clean and sanitary condition at all times. Campers shall clean campsites and
				place litter only in appropriate disposal containers.
D. Campers in areas or parks designated and
				posted by the superintendent as pack-in, pack-out, shall carry out supplies and
				solid waste or other refuse, including human bioproducts, and properly dispose
				of these items in appropriate waste receptacles outside of the designated area
				or park.
E. Campers may reside in a
				park for a maximum of 14 calendar days during any 20-calendar day period unless
				the director extends, decreases or waives this limit. Campers shall completely
				remove camping equipment and gear from the park for six calendar days during
				the 20-calendar day period.
F. The
				division shall charge fees according to the facilities provided at each
				campsite, as provided in 19.5.6 NMAC, regardless of whether the camper uses the
				facilities at the campsite. For example, camping at a site with electricity
				requires payment of the fee for a developed site with electrical hookup even if
				the camper uses no electricity.
G.
				Vehicles in a park between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., or as posted
				by the superintendent, are individually subject to the appropriate camping
				fees. The division considers motor homes towing a vehicle or vehicles towing a
				camper a single vehicle for 19.5.2.12 NMAC's purposes.
H. The division may require visitors to pay
				fees for their entire stay in advance (rather than daily) for weekends,
				holidays or special events.
I.
				Anchoring a boat or vessel overnight within a park constitutes camping and
				requires a valid camping permit for the anchored boat or vessel unless the
				visitor has paid camping fees for the towing vehicle.
(1) Visitors may not leave anchored boats or
				vessels vacant for more than 24 hours without the superintendent's permission.
				Anchored boats or vessels may remain within a park for a maximum of 14 calendar
				days during any 20-calendar day period unless the director extends, decreases
				or waives this limit. Visitors shall completely remove boats or vessels from
				the park for six calendar days during the 20 calendar-day period.
(2) Subsection I of 19.5.2.12 NMAC does not
				apply to boats or vessels only while they are moored overnight at concession
				operated facilities such as marinas or buoy lines. Boats or vessels are subject
				to division camping permits and camping fees when moored overnight at any other
				location in the park. Time limits do not apply while boats or vessels are
				moored at the concession facilities.