RV Parks & Campgrounds near Fort Sumner, NM

The vast deserts and soaring peaks of New Mexico are an adventurous RV traveler’s dream. Much of the state remains unexplored by travel magazines and more conventional tourists, with few straying from the familiar spots along Interstate 40 and 25. But if you enjoy getting off the tourist trail, then you’ll love the campsites at Valley View RV Park in Roswell. Upon first glance, the featureless plains that cover eastern New Mexico are …

Santa Rosa is one of the many small towns in New Mexico made famous by the railroad, but later lost much of its prestige when the interstate system was built. At the turn of the century, both the El Paso and Northeastern Railway (connecting El Paso and Chicago) and the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway (connecting New Mexico to the Great Lakes region) ran through Santa Rosa. America’s most famous autoroute, Route 66 (connecting Chicago to Los Angeles), also made its way through. It was even included in John Ford’s film adaption of The Grapes of Wrath, highlighting its role in connecting California to the Dust Bowl-stricken regions of Texas and Oklahoma.

Today Interstate 25 connects the state’s …