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Update February 2025: Currently there is no water available at the campgrounds. Please refer back to this page or contact the Taos Field Office for further updates. The Wild Rivers Recreation Area is located within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and along the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River and Red River Wild and Scenic River. Here visitors may experience the beauty of an 800-foot deep canyon sliced into volcanic flows by the Rio Grande (Spanish for Big River) and Red River where...| Bureau of Land Management
The Orilla Verde Recreation Area is located within the Río Grande Del Norte National Monument and along the Río Grande Wild and Scenic River. Nestled along the banks of the Río Grande and within the steep-walled Río Grande Gorge, the campgrounds in this area offer nearby access to the river. The elevation along the river is 6,100 feet and the steep canyon rises more than 600 feet from the river to the Gorge rim. Gentle waters with occasional small rapids flow through Orilla Verde, provi...| Bureau of Land Management