Chosa Campground — Hotel in Four Corners States

The campground was spacious. But covered by different types and sizes of rocks scattered on top of packed sand. I had to be extremely careful walking from my motorhome across the lot to where a huge trash dumpster was located. Because I have a collapsed right ankle which will soon be replaced. Seems like it took forever for me to dispose of motorhome trash. Further, the campground is surrounded by animal corral type fencing to keep free range cows at bay. I had no idea cows were in the area until day four. I heard a constant mooing and thought I might be losing my mind, because I had never seen or heard cows in this area before. On the other hand, my dog had never seen a cow. He is so confused he doesn't no if he should bark or howl. So he does both. After not seeing anything from his window, I went outside and jumped when I saw a herd of cows and four baby calves. A big cow looked like it was just resting it's head on the corrals top rail just looking at the side of my motorhome and tow vehicle. Then it lifted it's head, looked at me with big eyes that seemed to say, "No big deal." As it slowly turned and walked away with other cows and calves following as it headed to the back larger area behind the corral. I don't know if it was male or female. I don't eat cows. Further, I did not like the feeling of isolation. The length of time I spent at this campground I thought, I would have seen a ranger or two riding or parking on this campground occasionally to ensure there were no problems, but I never saw a ranger. If I was a solo female traveler, and the only person at this campground, I would not stay here because of the craziness we are facing nowadays. You and your stuff could disappear. The things people do under the cover of darkness is unbelievable. For instance, last year I was parked at a rest stop in Nebraska, I was the only motorhome traveler parked in this area designated for motorhomes. I woke up the next morning to discover someone had smashed my escape window; glass was everywhere. It cost six hundred dollars for me to replace that window. I do wonder if anything has ever happened here at Chosa Campground. The included photos are two pictures showing an outside area of the campground. There are no public facilities such as a bathroom, water spigot, playground for children, or picnic areas. The area is pet friendly. Most people pick up after their pets some don't. Most people have their dogs and cats on a leash. While some with dogs let them run free. You need to keep your pet close to ensure unleased dogs don't attack your pets. I will upload a picture of the campground when I download photos from my actual camera which I prefer over...

Chosa is a BLM campground centrally located between two national parks: Guadalupe Mountains National Park is 30 minutes away, Carlsbad Caverns National Park is 20 minutes in the other direction. It is basically a large gravel lot with fencing around it. I used the term gravel, but really the campground is more rocks. There are no marked campsites, people just park wherever, usually against the fence initially, and then in rows in the middle. We chose to park on the side facing the mountains, pulling in so the mountains were in front of us. So, I am referring to this site as a pull-in ;-) The site was almost perfectly level, just a little low on the right side. I elected to put down wood blocks under the leveler feet just because of the rocks of varying sizes, and I didn't want to risk bending a foot.

Since in front of us was just the fence and then brush, we could leave the windshield shade up and still have privacy.

NHU (No Hook Up); no electric, no water, no sewer.

Easy on/off from the highway.

On our first night, a Thursday in early December, there were a total of six RVs in the campground, so there was plenty of room for everyone to spread out. On the second night, a Friday, there were a few more, but still plenty of room for everyone.

Big rig friendly.

People use some of the larger rocks in this area to make fire rings, so be careful when driving around the campground.

We would definitely camp here again if...

Great big open space. Easy access from highway. Big rigs can get around easily. Nice and level. Great because we could orient the rig any direction for our solar panels. We felt safe leaving the rig with a few chairs sitting out. Many people came and went. Some ran generators all night, but it wasn’t disruptive. Watch for random fire pits as you drive through. The views were pretty, and the nights were dark. This was a great in-between location for Carlsbad Caverns NL and Guadalupe Mountains NP. Whites City at Carlsbad Caverns turn-off has nice little post office, diesel and gas, and a water and ice station. The water was $1.25 for 5 gallons. There is also a small grocery store, gift shop, and laundromat, but I didn’t go in them. We dumped our tanks at a public dump station in Carlsbad. Other reviewers on another website spoke of pack rats. We did see many burrows, but did not see the rats themselves. Tent campers did set up in the desert on the other side of the fence. Highway noise was minimal. We would...