Dog Canyon Campground
31.9949, -104.8328 · Park boundary: National Park Service
Dog Canyon is a two-hour drive from the Pine Springs area. The Dog Canyon Campground sits at 6,300 feet in elevation and has 9 tent and 4 RV sites. There is one group site at Dog Canyon that can be reserved for a group of 10-20 individuals. Campground amenities include drinking water and flush toilets (there are NO hookups, dump stations or showers). Only cooking stoves are permitted; charcoal, wood fires, and propane firepits are not permitted.
- Every day
- All Day
The Dog Canyon Campground is open year round, 24 hours a day.
Per the National Park Service, as of 2026-08-04
Individual sites can accomodate 8 people with 2 tents. Sites include a single tent pad measuring 10' x 10' and a picnic table.
Each RV site will have a parking spot that can accommodate a 23 foot RV. Each site will have a picnic table in the spot.
Groups must stay in designated group sites at the Pine Springs and Dog Canyon Campgrounds. Group site occupancy is limited to a minimum of 10 persons and a maximum of 20 persons per site. Vehicles parked here cannot block traffic.
Horse corral fees are $15.00 per night. This fee is in addition to the required entrance fee and campsite fee and is needed only if the corral facility will be used.
Per the National Park Service, as of 2026-08-04
All campsites in the Dog Canyon Campground are reservable through recreation.gov. Individual campsite cost will be $20 per night, per site; $10.00 for Senior and Access passholders; there is no discount for Annual, Annual Military, Annual 4th grade, Volunteer or Guadalupe Mountains National Park passholders. There is one group site that can accommodate groups with 10-20 individuals, reservable up to six months in advance.
- Drinking water
- Yes - year round
- Host on site
- Yes - seasonal
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - year round
- Trash & recycling
- Yes - year round
- Amphitheater
- No
- Camp store
- No
- Cell reception
- No
- Dump station
- No
- Firewood for sale
- No
- Food storage lockers
- No
- Ice for sale
- No
- Internet
- No
- Laundry
- No
- Showers
- None
Per the National Park Service, as of 2026-08-04
- RVs
- Not allowed
- Trailers
- Not allowed
- Cell service
- There is no cell phone reception in the Dog Canyon area.
Wood and charcoal fires are not allowed year round. All cooking must be done with contained fuel stoves.
Per the National Park Service, as of 2026-08-04
Due to its elevation and protected location beneath steep cliff walls, the campground at Dog Canyon has cooler temperatures in the summer and is sheltered from strong gusty winds in the winter and spring.
- Camping is permitted in designated campsites only. - Camping is limited to 14 consecutive nights within a 30-day period and not more than 60 total nights per calendar year anywhere within the park. - At all park campgrounds, where tent pads are provided, all tents and/or camping shelters must be erected on the tent pads. - The use of hammocks, slacklines, tarps or similar devices tied to natural and/or manmade features is prohibited. - Only cooking stoves are permitted; charcoal, wood fires, and propane firepits are prohibited. - Quiet hours in all the park’s developed campgrounds are from 8:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time.
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