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Backcountry Camps

While in the backcountry, crews will likely encounter four different kinds of camps:

Camp Types

Staffed Camps – A camp director supervises each staffed camp, and one to seven program counselors are available to present unique program features. All staffed camps have reliable water supplies and two-way radio communications with the Philmont logistics services. Commissaries, trading posts, and showers are available at some staffed camps.

Trail Camps – Trail camps have water but no staff. Here you are completely on your own. All itineraries include several trail and/or dry camps. They are part of your Philmont experience.

Dry Camps – Dry camps have no water and no staff. They are used because they provide scenic vistas, pleasant campsites, and valuable training. You may need to carry water for several miles before arriving at your dry camp. Check your itinerary to determine the closest place to get water.

Low-Impact Camps – Low-impact camps do not have campsite infrastructure like fire rings, sumps, bear cables, and established tenting locations. These sites require dispersed camping methods and are usually located on lands not owned by Philmont.

Philmont Camps

North Country

  • Anasazi – X
  • Azurite – D
  • Baldy Skyline
  • Baldy Town – CM, TP, S
  • Bent – X
  • Black Horse Creek
  • Black Horse Mine – D
  • Bluestem – D
  • Cook Canyon
  • Copper Park
  • Cottonwood
  • Coyote Howl – D
  • Dan Beard
  • Dean Cow – F
  • Dean Cutoff – X
  • Dean Skyline – D
  • Elkhorn
  • Ewells Park
  • Flume Canyon
  • French Henry
  • Head of Dean
  • Horse Canyon
  • House Canyon
  • Indian Writings
  • Maxwell
  • McBride Canyon
  • Metcalf Station
  • Miranda
  • Mistletoe – D
  • New Dean
  • North Ponil – D
  • Placer
  • Ponil – CM, CT, TP, S
  • Pueblano
  • Pueblano Ruins
  • Rabbit Ear – D
  • Ringtail
  • Santa Claus – D
  • Sioux
  • Touch-Me-Not Creek
  • Trail Canyon
  • Upper Dean Cow

Central Country

  • Aspen Springs – F, X
  • Bailout – F, X
  • Black Jack’s – F
  • Campos Heck – F, X
  • Cathedral Rock – F, X
  • Cimarron River – F
  • Cimarroncita – F
  • Cimarroncito – S
  • Clarks Fork – S
  • Clear Creek
  • Comanche Peak – D
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Deer Lake – D
  • Deer Lake Mesa
  • Devils Wash Basin – D
  • Divide – D
  • Harlan – F
  • Hawkeye – D, F, X
  • Heck Meadow – D
  • Hunting Lodge
  • Lamberts Mine
  • Lost Gap – D, X
  • Lower Sawmill – X
  • Martinez Springs – F, X
  • Minnette Meadows – D, F
  • Mt. Phillips – D
  • Ponderosa Park – D
  • Red Hills
  • Sawmill
  • Shaefers Pass – D
  • Thunder Ridge – D
  • Tooth Ridge – D
  • Turkey Creek – F, X
  • Upper Bench – F, X
  • Upper Sawmill – F, X
  • Ute Gulch – CM, F, TP, X
  • Ute Springs – F, X
  • Vaca – F
  • Visto Grande – F, X
  • Webster Lake – F, X
  • Webster Parks – F
  • Whistle Punk

South Country

  • Abreu – E, CT ,S
  • Agua Fria
  • Aguila
  • Apache Springs – CM
  • Arrowhead – D
  • Backache Springs
  • Bear Caves
  • Bear Creek
  • Beaubien – S
  • Black Mountain
  • Bonita Cow
  • Buck Creek
  • Carson Meadows
  • Comanche Creek
  • Crags – X
  • Crater Lake
  • Crooked Creek
  • Fish Camp
  • Hayward – F
  • Herradura – D
  • Line – D
  • Lookout Meadow
  • Lost Cabins – D
  • Lovers Leap
  • Lower Bonito
  • Magpie – D
  • Miners Park
  • North Fork Urraca – X
  • Old Abreu – F
  • Olympia – F
  • Phillips Junction – CM,TP,S
  • Pinyon Flats – X
  • Porcupine
  • Rayado – X
  • Rayado River – F, X
  • Rimrock Park
  • Stockade – X
  • Stockade Ridge – D
  • Toothache Springs
  • Urraca
  • Wild Horse

Neighbor Land Camps

Greenwood Tract

  • Greenwood Canyon
  • Rich Cabins – CM
  • Upper Greenwood

Valle Vidal

  • Beatty Lakes – D
  • Iris Park – D
  • Little Costilla
  • McCrystal Creek
  • Middle Ponil
  • Ring Place – CM
  • Seally Canyon – D
  • Shuree Cabin
  • Whiteman Vega

Key

Camp Types

  • Staffed Camp
  • Trail Camp
  • Low Impact (Dispersed) Camp

Facility Details

  • CM – Commissary (Food Pickup)
  • D – Dry Camp, no water nearby camp
  • F – Located in a fire recovery area
  • S – Showers available
  • TP – Trading Post
  • CT – Cantina
  • X – No camping