Photo: NPS/Bieri← Guadalupe Mountains National Park · Camping
Dog Canyon Campground
15 sites · $15–$60 · Reservations · No RVs
About Dog Canyon
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.
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Campsites
Site-by-site details (sizes, hookups, shade) for this campground are coming soon.
Conditions at camp
🌤️ Forecast
🔥 Wildfires nearby
No active fire perimeters nearby. ✅
🗓️ Typical weather
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.
Rules
- 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.
Trails near camp
- 🥾 Indian Meadows Nature Loop 0.7 mi
- 🥾 McKittrick Ridge Campground Access 0.1 mi
- 🥾 Mescalero Campground Access 0.1 mi
- 🥾 McKittrick Ridge Trail 7.3 mi
- 🥾 McKittrick Canyon Trail 3.5 mi
- 🥾 Blue Ridge 1.9 mi
- 🥾 Wilderness Ridge Trail 1.5 mi
- 🥾 Juniper Trail 1.9 mi
- 🥾 Permian Reef Trail 3.1 mi
- 🥾 McKittrick Canyon Nature Loop 0.8 mi
- 🥾 Old McKittrick Canyon Road 0.4 mi
- 🥾 Permian Reef Geology Loop Trail 0.4 mi
Campground information from the National Park Service. Confirm current status with the park before you go.