City of Rocks State Park New Mexico

When our friends Denny and Judie Harden left Kerrville last January after our cruise together, they toured some of the New Mexico area and have shared with us the results of their "scouting". One of the places that they recommended in the Deming, NM area was the City of Rocks State Park.

We went on our trip up to Silver City to look around yesterday and on our way back we stopped at the park. Denny and Judie did good work! The park is just wonderful! It is the remnants of volcanic ash from an eruption some millions of years ago that had hardened weathered into this landscape of upright boulders reminisceant of a city of buildings.

The above photo was taken from the observation point to the south of the park and gives a feel for the overall size of the formation. The white dots are campers in the campground which has water and electricity. We will not be going up there to camp this time but you can be assured we will make every effort to stop for a while and camp in the near future.

There are many campsites around the park that are for primitive or dry camping that sit in alcoves of the rocks and are special places to camp also.

You can get a feel for the size of the boulders when you compare Barbara and the car to them. It is hard to take the picture and have them show the impression they make.

This is a telephoto shot of the campground that has electricity and water. The sites are large and generally level so they will fit most RVs.

Needless to say, we were exceedingly impressed with this park and are looking forward to staying there in the future! Perhaps on our way back towards Kansas this spring!