Palomino Campground at Caballo Lake State Park

We stayed at Palomino Campground in Caballo Lake State Park in Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico. (Campground Reviews listing.)

We do enjoy state parks, and lake views. Our specific site only had a glimpse of the lake, but still nice.

Dates:

Check in: 2022-10-09

Check out: 2022-10-15

6 nights

Weather:

Mostly sunny

High temps ranging between 67-77°F, lows around 49-53°F

No significant wind

Noise:

No road or train noise

Site:

#2, pull through, gravel

Needed to disconnect toad; parked beside coach

Fairly level

Smallish site: about 45 feet long by about 40 feet wide

Full hookups:

50 amp power, conveniently located

50 PSI water, conveniently located

Good sewer connections, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Picnic table on concrete with shelter; no fire pit

Partial lake view

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 12-25 Mbps down, 18-26 Mbps up, 70 ms ping

AT&T: 90 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 72 ms ping

Verizon: no service

Starlink: not used

Campground Wi-Fi: none

Amenities:

Garbage dumpster

No pool

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Picturesque and pleasant park

We stayed at Palomino, Site 2, and thoroughly enjoyed it. We were met by the camp hosts who helped get us centered on the site and chatted for a bit. The site was level and pretty big, with plenty of room outside of the picnic shelter to get settled in. The only downside to the setup in Palomino is that all the sites are backward, so you can’t enjoy the view of the lake if you have a motorhome. If you have a fiver with a rear window or a toy hauler with a “back deck” you’d get much more enjoyment of the view. The picnic shelters are also backward on the site, so you have to walk around the wall to get to the table. Weird, but not dealbreaker stuff by any means. We camped at Caballo Lake State Park in a Motorhome.

The park map online is not great, but does highlight our site:

Here’s an interactive map — tip, site 4 would be the best view of the lake (site 3, not shown above, is the camp host):

Our site:

A glimpse of the lake:

There were a number of birds in the area, and some liked to nibble dead bugs off our mirrors, which Paladin found super fascinating:

Utilities:

A lake view from the edge of the campground:

Other sites:

The camp host site, briefly vacant during changing of the host:

Bathrooms:

Dump station:

Cacti:

We got out our bikes to take a ride down to the lake and around the campsites:

Me on my bike:

Boat ramp:

Another campground; this one has power and water, but not sewer:

A video of the bike ride route:

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Some sunsets: