Campsite #57 at Cochiti Area, NM
Campsite #57 Features: Back-In parking, 15 amp hookup, 30 amp hookup, 50 amp hookup, Picnic Table, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed, Drinking Water
Campsite Reviews (22)
5.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 77% |
| 4 star | | 14% |
| 3 star | | 0% |
| 2 star | | 9% |
| 1 star | | 0% |
@Elizabeth31927 · Camped on Oct 13, 2025 at Campsite #57
This is a beautiful and well maintained site. The views are great and the facilities are always clean. All of the areas are paved and provided easy access in and out. I always look forward to my visits.
Excellent
@ThomasM5317C15 · Camped on Sep 8, 2025 at Campsite #57
Beautiful views and quiet visit. Needs some work but overall it's a nice getaway.
Major Issues
@MaryC1377445 · Camped on Aug 14, 2025 at Campsite #57
This campground is very nice with a great view. However, there is absolutely no one watching what goes on there! People come in there and just squat on an open site. We reported that someone was using our site to the guys driving around in the campsite trucks and they just ignored us. We had told the people to move from our site and they actually suggested that we just move to an open site! We watched these people plus others move from site to site and never pay a dime. Then there were people racing around in loud off road vehicles and pick up trucks through the campground. Keep your kids indoors. This campground will go downhill guaranteed.
@TomS5DDC1BCDF1 · Camped on Jul 7, 2025 at Campsite #57
Very clean
@PatriciaM16546 · Camped on May 19, 2025 at Campsite #57
A great campground. Quiet campers. Clean well kept areas. Our chosen sites have beautiful views. Phone service exellent for our ATT tower provider.
Excellent
@MonicaN8122913 · Camped on Apr 6, 2025 at Campsite #57
Great location for day-trip proximity to National Parks and Monuments.
Good
@PatriciaM16546 · Camped on May 12, 2024 at Campsite #57
We return time after time. Buffalo Loop has nice distance between sites. Sites are well put together. Great area. Quiet and views are astounding.
Excellent
@PatriciaM16546 · Camped on Apr 21, 2024 at Campsite #57
Always clean. Always quiet. Nice spacing of sites. Beautiful views.
Excellent
@MarieM9095188 · Camped on Oct 4, 2023 at Campsite #57
Site 57, best site in my opinion, basically by yourself. Site is on a slight slant but very doable. View of the sunset on passenger side of trailer. Covered cement patio and table. Beautiful views of hills surrounding the park. Shower house nearest to Buffalo Loop was clean, but is shared with at least 2 other loops which is why it needs more TLC. We used the shower house nearest Ringtail Loop nicer less worn. WIFI - T Mobile was slow in the am but picked up speed in the afternoon. 5 bars at 4G. Laundry is less than 2 miles from park in Cochiti Town. Sante Fe is approx 20 miles north and Albuquerque is approx 40 miles south. Convenient store 2 miles away is very limited on items.
Good
@sallym5060514 · Camped on May 7, 2023 at Campsite #57
I have been coming to Cochiti Lake for years. I find it very clean and well-maintained. I will definitely continue to come here to enjoy nature.
Excellent
@PatriciaM16546 · Camped on Apr 30, 2023 at Campsite #57
We camp often at Cochiti. We use the Buffalo Loop with electric and water. The camping is quiet with great site personnel and respectful campers. We will continue to return often.
Excellent
@RichardL555896 · Camped on Mar 23, 2023 at Campsite #57
Beautiful campground. Lots of room between sites. Incredible views of lake and mountains from our site. We were in 57. Level back-in site. Overnight only. Would love to spend a week here. Can’t beat the senior rate of $10 a night.
Excellent
@JeffG6611372 · Camped on Oct 11, 2022 at Campsite #57
Very well kept campground. Stayed in the Buffalo loop site 57. Paved pad for RV and a concrete pad with a shelter over it. Grill and picnic table included. No fires! Quiet place and off of Interstate at least 15 minutes. Would go back again but I live over a thousand miles away. Give it a try!!!
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@BarbaraAC76D20 · Camped on Aug 18, 2022 at Campsite #57
Very clean restrooms and showers.and loved having a dump station. We felt safe having a camp host.
@SteveB4787856 · Camped on Jul 5, 2022 at Campsite #57
We love this campground and have gone at least 3 times per year for the past 10 years (except for the Covid closure). Ringtail Loop has some of the best views in the park, but is usually mostly empty because there are no electrical hookups. You could easily charge $30 per night (an extra $22 per night), there is already electricity in the bathhouse, and the payback for this improvement would only be a few years. Ringtail Loop could easily be the most popular part of the park, and it would be nice not to have all the noise from the generators.
@RobertL7452920 · Camped on Jun 26, 2022 at Campsite #57
We loved our campsite. The view was spectacular.
Excellent
@PatriciaM16546 · Camped on Apr 25, 2022 at Campsite #57
We love camping at the Cochiti Campground. Quiet, clean, and views so expansive.Host is terrific.Keep it up.
Excellent
@SallyM542 · Camped on Sep 19, 2021 at Campsite #57
We love this campground. We have been coming here once or twice a year for the last 15 years. The staff is always friendly and the scenery is beautiful. It’s a great place to relax.
Excellent
@SylviaS939 · Camped on Sep 15, 2021 at Campsite #57
Be sure you arrive when the registration office is open. I was stuck in Santa Fe with no open campgrounds at 10pm. Recreation.gov allowed me to make a reservation for that night and collected their fee, but when I got there around 11pm, the gate was locked and I wound up parking outside it overnight. The campground itself was very nice. the rangers and other attendants were friendly and helpful, and the spot was level (always a plus IMNSHO) but I've never run into a campground before that you literally could not get into after hours. Everything else allowed you to go to your reserved spot and check in the next morning.
@BuddyS605 · Camped on Sep 20, 2019 at Campsite #57
This RV Park has clean level spaces and the workers at the office are great.
@SueB3652694 · Camped on Jul 7, 2019 at Campsite #57
We loved the views from the many different sites that we stayed in. Very clean and a nice area. We would definitely return. Well managed and great staff when we were there.
Excellent
@GeorgeM2930002 · Camped on Jul 2, 2019 at Campsite #57
Excellent facility. Clean, quiet, well maintained. We will be back!
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