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We were driving along through New Mexico with another destination in mind bout this place just looked cool and love the campsites perched up with a nice open view. Home for the next three days at 18 bucks a night incl water and electric.
It’s a nice little BLM campground. Added it to the RVHH Members Map
http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/roswell/valley_of_fires.htmlValley of Fires recreation area is located immediately adjacent to the Malpais Lava Flow. Approximately 5,000 years ago, Little Black Peak erupted and flowed 44 miles into the Tularosa Basin, filling the basin with molten rock. The resulting lava flow is four to six miles wide, 160 feet thick and covers 125 square miles. The lava flow is considered to be one of the youngest lava flows in the continental United States.
From a distance, Valley of Fires appears as barren rock but when you walk through the nature trail there are many varieties of flowers, cactus, trees and bushes typical of the Chihuahuan desert. Animals include bats, roadrunners, quail, cottontails, mule deer, barberry sheep, and lizards. It’s also a virtual birdwatcher’s paradise with great horned owls, burrowing owls, turkey vultures, hawks, gnat catchers, cactus wrens, sparrows and golden eagles.Attachments:
Cool! We love anything volcanic, we visited Craters of the Moon, Yellowstone, the volcanoes on Hawaii and Maui, watched sunset from the top of Mauna Kea (COLD). Added to our must see list!
We too have added this to our list of must sees! Having never been to the desert it will certainly be a WOW experience for us!!! :yahoo:
I’ll likely do a blog post on it since we will be here 3 days, so you guys can get some more info. I hear there is really cool petroglyphs BLM site not far too. Supposed to be a must see, so we will take a day trip there as well.
Here is some pix they have on Flickr
Link is in the RVHH Meetup group area
It’s – https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zqnjimvT3EBo.kUe1I5XPPG14
I’ll add a link to in the Members section as well, on the right sidebar. Likely a logical spot to find it. :yes:
[quote quote=9552]Cool! We love anything volcanic, we visited Craters of the Moon, Yellowstone, the volcanoes on Hawaii and Maui, watched sunset from the top of Mauna Kea (COLD). Added to our must see list! [/quote]
You’ll have to add Lassen NP to your big list too Roger. It’s got some really cool volcanic stuff and history. http://www.nps.gov/lavo/index.htm
Just returned from a little day tripping to see some petroglyphs. The light was so nice we drove a bit and stopped to take photos, while Anne was taking shots of the lava field I took one of the campground from afar. True RVer! haha I forgot to mention for Golden Pass holders its only 9 bucks a night water and electric and they have 50 amp service too.
Only down side here is I hear it can get very windy at times, being in such a wide open plain.
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Seems Lassen closes in Oct, and doesn’t open until April, may put it outside our window for being stateside.
[quote quote=9603]Seems Lassen closes in Oct, and doesn’t open until April, may put it outside our window for being stateside. [/quote]
Maybe you’ll catch it on a hotter year, some snow pack year’s are less than others, worth the trip if you’re ever in the area, we saw it on a September trip in 2010 It’s one of the least visited NP’s but has a fascinating volcanic history and lots of still active mud-pots, vents etc,
Gorgeous country up there, nice campground.
True RVer! haha I forgot to mention for Golden Pass holders its only 9 bucks a night water and electric and they have 50 amp service too.
Only down side here is I hear it can get very windy at times, being in such a wide open plain.
I intend to get the pass as soon as we get down there. Just one more winter to go!
Wind can be a positive, keeps the bugs off. Used to it on the prairies.
Will add it to a “possibles” destination.
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