Camping at River Ranch RV Park near Ruidoso Downs

Recent guest reviews

Grant A ★ 3 · Sep 2026

It has lots of potential, the people who run it hard, but it is very rundown there are a few dogs in the neighborhood that bark incessantly and a few of the long-term residence have shantytown areas The clubhouse and showers and washer and dryers are closed and have not been working for a while

J.M. ★ 3 · Jul 2026

This place has a great location. The camp host was great. She checked on us and asked if we needed anything and was so nice. Ben is her helper and he also was very helpful. On the downside….the silt from the flood last year is horrible. Your shoes and anything you put outside is covered in very fine powdery black dirt. No tables at camp spots! The web site needs to update and tell the actual condition of the grounds. No restrooms, public area, or laundry. They are all severely damaged from the flood and still debris piled behind the torn up building. Kudos’ to the camp host for making do with what she has to work with. If the owner would spend a little money on this place, it would be nice! We will not be back until things have been repaired and the roads have gravel . The place needs something put down to help with the dirt. We spent two days in our new spot in town cleaning up all our camping equipment so we could continue on our trip . Good luck to these people!

A.J. ★ 2 · Jul 2026

While the camp host was very sweet, and the on site maintenance man seemed to be out and about, I was disappointed. This camp ground was hit (incredibly hard) by the floods over the past years. The loss was devastating and the few employees they have are working hard to bring the grounds back to their former glory, but they are not there, yet. None of the facilities that we booked this site for - the restrooms, laundry, public areas- were in existence any longer. Dirt and fine silt covers the entire campground and the roads that once existed are no longer. There were weeds appx 2’- 3’ high everywhere, and there were huge (6’ tall) piles of dirt piled everywhere. The laundry machines that were formerly in use are just sitting outside the main building on the dirt “road” with the compartments open and continuing to rust. The smell of marijuana emanates from multiple sites as you walk through the grounds, accompanied with the ever present barking of the resident dogs. The main building is completely destroyed and you need to locate the camp host’s tiny camper to check in. The majority of the campers there were residents, not recreational campers. There were crude lean- to type areas and many campsites with junk (old cars missing windows and bumpers, washing machines, abandoned dog kennels, etc) While the staff were kind and the grounds have wonderful potential, I don’t believe we will be back. The website was misleading, as it has not been updated since the floods. We would’ve preferred being told that the facilities and grounds were in the current shape and having the choice to come with the knowledge, rather than to show up with no other options than to stay in a facility that isn’t quite prepared for recreational visitors. We may have chosen to stay at this location, having been informed of the current status on the website (in order to support the rebuilding of a once welcoming location), but to be advertised as one experience while only offering a far less habitable one was an experience that made the overall visit memorable in a less favorable way. I do want to reiterate how helpful and kind the staff were. They truly could not have been more wonderful, despite the circumstances.