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Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground
1 mi northwest of Ruidoso, NM · Verizon 5G · AT&T 5G · T-Mobile 5G
About Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground
The Group Campground has capacity for up to 100 people for camping or picnicking. All units are wheelchair accessible and have pavilions, picnic tables, campfire pits, grills, water, vault toilets. 3 sites for 60/80/100 people in meadow setting provide popular group activity destination and trails/forest roads for hiking access into adjoining forest Large group facilities only. The campground previous known as Cedar Creek Campground and was renamed in honor of local firefighter, Sam Tobias, who lost his life in the line of duty the summer of 2000.
- Fees: $60 per night for 1-60 people. $80 per night for 61-80 people. $100 per night for 81-100 people.
- Season: September 15
- Managed by: USFS - Lincoln National Forest
- Where: 1 mi northwest of Ruidoso, NM · 33.36158, -105.68521
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Mar.
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Trails near camp
| Trail | Open to | From camp | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Cedar Creek | Hiking | at camp | 1.1 mi |
| Lower Raven | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 2.1 mi |
| Cut Across | Hiking | 0.1 mi | 0.4 mi |
| Cedar Creek | Hiking | 0.2 mi | 3.4 mi |
| Cedar Creek P A | ATV road | 0.2 mi | 0.2 mi |
| Upper Raven | Hiking | 0.2 mi | 3.6 mi |
Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.
Good to know
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From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is faint and only shows overhead.
Class 5 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Propane: 4.5 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Recreation Village 1.3 mi
- Campsite · 4 mi N of Ruidoso 2.6 mi
- Oak Grove Campground 4.2 mi
- Skyline Campground 4.9 mi
- Monjeau Lookout 5.5 mi
- South Fork Campground 7.2 mi