Cibola/Quaking Aspen

Patrick McKiernan

This is a hidden gem for mountain biking enthusiasts. Miles of fun, easy (blue) trails. The campsite is super clean and well maintained. There usually are very few other campers, so it's usually quiet. There's no running water, so be adequately prepared. The pit toilets are clean. The self-pay fee is very low; $10 (as of this review). We've been stopping here for many years. Beautiful area, but if you're not a trail rider or hiker, you might be bored. Verizon service is spotty, at best.

Dennis Prichard

Clean, almost groomed campground. 20 sites each with concrete picnic tables, gravel tent pads, level (or almost) driveway. No hook-ups but at $5 a night it was great! Lots of highway traffic but trees blocked the noise mostly. Sites spaced away from everyone else.

BahHumBang Audio

Beautiful site & with Access Pass, camping was only $2.50 a night! "Quaking Aspen campground offers a respite from the heat in a setting of aspen and mature ponderosa pine trees. Approximately 6 miles south of Fort Wingate, this is the most recently renovated campground on the Mt. Taylor Ranger District. The area has a rich history of railroad logging and the original town of McGaffey was built in the vicinity of McGaffey Lake a few miles down the road." We visited McGaffey Lake but it was dried up & not much of a lake anymore.

Mikkel's Outdoors

Nice clean campground right off of the road. At 7,600 feet all sites are FCFS, no reservations. The cost is $5 per site per day use or overnight before applying an interagency pass discount. They have posted an increase request to $10 per site and with the great condition it’s in, they will likely get it. Even without the water. There are 20 sites including one site for a group. It looks like they have recently updated this campground with concrete molded picnic tables, updated fire rings, grill and tent pads all in new raised level and pea gravel areas. With the kind of investment made, the only thing missing are the bear boxes... and the water. The Ranger advised the update was over 12 years ago and it is still in great shape. I have been to campgrounds with a host that are in worse shape than here, all on the honor system. There are miles of bicycle trails close and some of the outer sites have a trail access right next to or at your site. Great place. Highly recommend.

Melissa Westbrook

This was a nice place for a quick overnight. It was $2.50 since we have a pass. It's surrounded by pines so getting sun for solar was difficult but the spots and bathrooms were clean. The only downside was the heavy truck traffic on the road. The drivers were using engine/compression brakes which were loud and echoed through the campground.