Storrie Lake State Park

I drove through the park today to check it out. I'm staying at the Las Vegas Elks lot but was thinking of moving for the next two days.

There are 25 sites with Electric and Water. Power is 30a. 10 of the sites are pull throughs. These all have shelters. There are additional 4 on the southwest side, also with shelters. Two of those are pull thru and the two others are back in. The others to the north are back-ins.

Best sites with a mix of open and shade are site Odd #'s 3S-15S and Even #'s 6S-10S.

All services including the dump site were closed for the winter.

Now the one negative. The park closes the entry gate at sunset. The exit gate is open 24 hours but has your drive over one way spikes, like at a parking facility to stop people from going the wrong way. As I write this on Nov 10 the gate closes at 5pm. So, if you want to go to dinner or someplace else, when you get back you can only park near the front gate/visitor center. That then leads to a very long walk to your campsite. 200 yards at the closest to 1200 yards at the furthest. Seems they don't want folks from the town driving through. So makes it very quiet at night but rather inconvenient.

I made reservations online for the “water only” site at $10/night. After fees, it averaged $14/night. $14/night is the price for water and electricity, so image that’s then higher too online.
The way to go is the “open camping” (boondocking) way. Just come in, pay like $8 at the front gate, then park anywhere by the lake (these are the closest spots!).
With that, there is no Ramada and table plus a fire pit. I can be ok with that. There is potable water at the dump station.
The views are great.

Perfect for stopover, 3 miles off I-25 non-electric with water, shelter, picnic table, trash. 10.00. With electric 14.00

North loop is first come, not stated on website

For $14 a night with water and electric you can much better!! Beautiful view of Storrie Lake. Each site has a picnic shelter. Pull through sites with plenty of room for parking. Has a nice playground for the kids! Las Vegas New Mexico is a few miles down the road. Has everything you need! A lot of history! Would definitely stay again!

We arrived midday and picked a spot in the dispersed camping along the lake. There were two other rvs on the lake but we never saw anyone go in or come out. It was very windy so we couldn’t do a fire but we did see a few stacked rock fire rings. We walked up to the playground and our 3 year old loved it! There was a bathroom on our way up to the playground but it was closed. The porta-potties were not very clean but the pit toilets by the playground were not too bad. There were a few geese that came by our door in the morning while we were eating breakfast. One of the big male geese charged at my daughter so we just kept our distance from them.

Unlimited BD by lake or 4 covered picnic tables. Good for overnight but the bathrooms are still closed.

I chose to take a break from my travel day here. I registered and paid online, and checked in after the office closed. I found my site past all the other loops, on a gravel hillside with two other campers and the camp host. I’m glad I have a bigger leveling ramp because I needed it. Water and electric worked great, and I liked the little picnic table shelter at each site. Caution: there are a lot of speed bumps in this park.

I considered boondocking on the lake but couldn’t find anything online about generators. I did see a sign after I arrived that said generators are allowed in the boondocking area until 10pm.

Overall, not a bad campground at all, especially for $18 a night.

Young girl at front asked if we wanted a site with electric (which looked all booked up on website) thought I got lucky. After paying she said the site does not have water the whole campground has the water shut off. Found out the whole town is having a water shortage. I told her we did not want the site, she refused to give a refund. Worst experience ever!! $28.00 down the drain.

Stayed 2 nights. Parked right on lake shore with our Winnebego Travato in primitive area. Was plenty level and had beautiful view across lake. Spectacular sunsets and great to wake up to this view. Super quite away from traffic noise. Very few campers in late October. Only 2 other people on beach si lots of privacy.

It's easy to find just off the highway. Paved roads throughout the campground. Fairly level gravel pull-thru sites. About 8 minutes from town, which has plenty for supplies... Tractor Supply, Walmart, Loves for water, and Ferral gas for propane refills.

Important off-season (October - April) notes:

1) Water is shut off, fill before arrival. (It mentions this on their website. However, it also says water will remain on at the comfort station for campers, but this is false.)

2) Comfort station is closed. However, there are port - o - potties and vent toilets around the campground.

3) Arrive before 5 pm, gates close promptly at 5pm, and do not re-open until 7 am. (We were unaware of this and arrived at 6 pm having to park in the after-hours parking lot next to the hwy even though we had paid for a site, no refunds)

Overall, it was a great experience. There is a trail to hike that overlooks a gorge. The Montezuma Hot Springs was our favorite part. It's only about 14 minutes away.