Welcome
PLEASE NOTE! We are NOT an RV campground. We have no hookups. Small self-contained RV ONLY.
Gila Hot Springs Campground is a private business owned by Allen and Carla Campbell. It offers camping and natural hot spring pools beside the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. We are located 40 miles north of Silver City and about 4 miles from the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Our area is surrounded by the Gila Wilderness and the larger Gila National Forest.
The hot springs bubble out of rocks on property owned by the Campbell family. The springs vary in temperatures from 147 to 154 degrees F. and are considered sweet springs (no sulfur odor). The Campbell family has used these springs since the 1940s.
Other local businesses are Doc Campbell’s Post, an interesting country store, and the Gila Hot Springs Ranch and RV park. These two businesses are separate from our Campground and have their own websites (see links above) with contact information.
Silver City, known as the “Gateway to the Gila Wilderness,” is the closest town of any size. Travel time from Silver City to the Gila Hot Springs is about 1¼ hour on NM Highway 15. More about Silver City, NM.
Announcements and Contact Information
- The only way to make camping reservations is to press the green button at the bottom of the pages.
- It is quick and easy to fill out, and you will get an auto-reply to your e-mail within a short time. We answer Requests early in the mornings and evenings, so please be patient. Also. The email gives both of us a permanent record, and we can continue to communicate as necessary.
Current Status Update: Janurary, 2023
The winter season is here. The night’s temperature will generally be 20º or lower. We have several empty camps for the next two weeks, so reservations are unnecessary but still advisable. See the exception below.
If you will be in the area, check our registration whiteboard on-site for open camps if there is no attendant. You may register following the protocol written beside that whiteboard. The envelope for the fee is provided for self-registration, and we will get back to you when we come around. Note “open camps” means the square on that date, and the camp number is blank.
Gila Hot Springs Campground is a private business owned by Allen and Carla Campbell. It offers camping and natural hot spring pools beside the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. We are located 40 miles north of Silver City and about 4 miles from the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument. Our area is surrounded by the Gila Wilderness and the larger Gila National Forest.