I'm glad I found your channel, we just bought a used truck popup camper and planning on going to the New Mexico area, so we're looking for places to go.
Pumphouse road, I've tent camped in there a lot of times. If you follow it to the end it is about 7 miles long and deadends, makes for a good ride on a dirtbike. I saw a similar shelter to the one you saw in that area as well. probably bushcraft folks.
I did go down the road a little further. More camping spots and rv'ers. When I get back in that area, I'll definitely go further down the road to find a camping spot. Love that area.
In Wyoming...in the Tetons area... About 20 years back.. There was a sign posted about Bear bells.. As stated? You are walking on a trail made by Elk and Deer... Bears travel these trails for hunting... If you see dung...be alert...the trail has been marked by a Bear and you are intruding... Carry Bear Spray..maybe a pistol.. Wear a jingle bell to alert inept Bears such as Cubs...whereas Momma...will be very protective. Black Bear dung will likely be the shades of berries or have hair from small game mixed in.. Grizzly Bear dung...larger of course... It smells like Pepper and will have a Jingle Bell protruding... Stay Safe or Go Home...
I do believe you could. If it's already taken, keep going down the road, there are other camping spots on the left. Just a word of caution; it's very high elevation and it does snow up there and the temperatures do plummet in the winter time. Don't get snowed in. ;-)
@@DispersedCamperMan...So is there a post with the FM 5661 number on it where you would turn off of pump house rd?? I went up there a couple weeks ago looking for another campsite and we couldn't find the FM sign..we did end up finding the road when we were leaving..there was no numbered sign so we only knew it was the correct road when it came up on Maps...on your map in the video 5661 is hwy 130
@@gringochoppers You would need to use google maps, punch in the coordinates to the spot. It should take you right to it. From Cox Canyon Hwy turn onto Apache Canyon Road then turn right onto Pumphouse Canyon Road.
Beautiful place and great videos! Thanks for sharing. Have subbed!! Love the content and appreciate the shared coordinates! Thinking of heading that way soon! I 👍
The hut is to sleep under and guard the body from Bears... These are better built with three inch poles...stacked in a loose casket form and spiked together.. Not over about three feet high to allow sitting up... Bed goes inside and only tarped for rain.... No constant tarping as let's the bed site be seen from a distance and attracts hikers to bother stuff while you are hiking.. An open air sleep cage is better for staying alert and viewing around for safety... This one....you have shown... Way too flimsy to stop a bear from snacking on a leg... Stout and stacked with 3 inch pine..can last for several years... If visiting again is in mind... Have seen these anchored to small trees...
It was fairly chilly at night, but warmed up nicely during the day. I bet it's really nice and cool up there in August. I think I'll stay out of New Mexico during the summer months. Thanks for watching Lola! LOL
@@FrugalRVGal I posted a couple of Instagram photos and someone commented on the post that the Sheriffs office said all dispersed camping in that area was closed. I can't wait till quarantine is over with.
Those bear bells are all over the area. Bears put them out and wait for someone to pick them up. They use them to track down Allsup's burritos from unsuspecting travelers. Not to start a conspiracy, or anything like that, but did you ever stop to think why the bell was placed so inconspicuous? And, if a person were wearing it before, what happened to them? Did they throw the burrito bell in an opposite direction to distract the bear and then hide in the hunter's blind? Great idea with the lights, but who can rest at a time like this?! Where did the person go? Even of greater importance, where are the burritos?! Good video. ❤️ 🤍💙
Thanks Leah! Folks in bear country wear bells so when they are walking trails, they don't startle bears and get attacled. If a bear hears you coming, they'll most of the time run before you see them.
I've done dispersed camping, I guess. I stop at roadside parks in TX and NM for a few hours sleep. The rule is 24 hour limit in both states. I guess you could drive to the next one for another day. Dispersed camping is free but you get what you pay for.
Thanks for another cool video, Mark. New Mexico and Arkansas are both so beautiful in different ways. I'm fortunate to have been able to travel through both each spring and fall for a number of years. Not sure about it for right now but things have to get better in the long run. I hope.
Thanks Rick. I’m waiting for everything to cool down then I’m going out and cross the Arkansas border again and see what I can find. Things will get better.
Great video Mark. No idea what that little structure is. Maybe just boy's playing in the forest, while on a camping trip. Very beautiful country. Wise precaution on the lights for mice. They can strand you before you know it. Excellent job buddy 🤝
Thanks Tracy. Sure wished I could have spent more time there. I'll be taking the lights with me to Arizona when I go also. LOL Definitely don't want to get stranded out in the middle of no where after rodents chewed through my engine wires. LOL Thanks for sharing the video!
That it is. I drove by there a couple days ago wanting to camp there. But the spot was already taken. I found another great spot further down the road.
The thing I love about that area (Cloudcroft, Ruidoso) is that it is a completely different world up there compared to the heat and dryness of the desert just a few miles lower in elevation. I've been all over those woods but I actually don't know where that camp site is where you're at. I think it may be off of Sunspot.
I really loved this spot. The climb up in elevation was beautiful from desert then you get into the forest. The scenery is breath taking. LOL If you look in this videos description you'll find this camp sites coordinates. Just copy/paste it into google maps and it'll show you where this spot is at. 32.936248, -105.738831
Alright, I'm in Alamogordo this morning, so I'm gonna head up to the coordinates and check it out today. I won't be camping, but it looks like a fun spot to set up my ham radio rig for a couple hours, then turn it off and just enjoy the forest.
It would be a great spot to just enjoy the forest. If that spot is taken, go down that road a little further, and there's another camping spot on the left. Not as good as the first one though. Let me know how you liked it!
@@DispersedCamperMan Will do. I'm planning to do a little ham radio video up there as well so you'll get to see it again and I'll give you a shout out and link to your channel!
Thanks man. Much appreciated. I was wondering if that little stick shelter I showed in the video is still there. Hopefully nobody is on that spot right now. LOL
Dispersed Camper Man Just arrived. This spot is absolutely gorgeous! Lots of people on the mountain today but this spot is mine. I’ll check out the “survivor man” shelter to see if it’s still there!
@@DispersedCamperMan Sorry for the delay, but I just got the video put up. Linked you in the description! You'll also get to see when I walked down to that stick shelter near the end of my video. Thanks again for the awesome recommendation! ruclips.net/video/W2dUX9m6pxw/видео.html
I am sure you already answered this for someone lol We were curious what are you using to level your camper and Truck when you are setting up camp? And we were also curious WHEN will you be going back to New Mexico the videos are stunning? we were planning on going in that direction
I use the plastic rhino ramps I picked up at Wal-Mart. They take up a lot of space in my back seat, but using them besides the plastic orange yellow leveling blocks, it's a lot faster and easier. I just have to drive up on them as high as I need. I had to cut my New Mexico trip short last year due to covid started up. I'll be heading back hopefully soon. Thanks for watching!
LOL Took a little trip to New Mexico. Had to cut it short since the coronavirus started getting bad. I'll be heading back sometime in the future. Can't wait.
Thanks for another great video! You always have so much valuable information for us dispersed campers. Your Google map, shown in your opening paragraph, has to be the easiest way for those learning how to find locations to.... actually find locations. I've read dozens info from dozens of sites and have tried my luck over the last few years to find sites, often hit or miss, but you've come up with the perfect solution to this critical step of finding locations. One suggestion - I notice that you've included some New Mexico dispersed sites - thanks! - and are you planning on putting them into a separate folder in the map itself?
Thanks! I appreciate you watching! When I first started out dispersed camping I tried finding spots by searching the web, but found nothing. I decided to start this channel to help other folks find spots who wanted to disperse camp. I'm glad you find this channel helpful. As for my google maps dispersed camping locations I've actually tried a couple of times adding a New Mexico folder but couldn't figure out how to do it. LOL I'll look at it again and try to figure it out. Thanks for Watching!!!
After you open the map in My Maps (not just Google Maps), you should see, on the left hand side, the list of layers (folders) that you've already created. Right above that list is the option Add Layer. After you add a layer you can rename it what you want, for example New Mexico. Then you can click on any of your existing entries in the list and drag it over to the new layer. Or simply create new entries under that new layer.
I’ve tried that and it wouldn’t let me drag the ones I’ve already done to the new folder. I finally figured out before I can drag one over to the new folder, I have to click on the site on the map and click edit that site. While it was in edit mode, then It allowed me to drop and drag it into the new folder. I now have a New Mexico folder. Much better organized. Thanks!
I’m so glad you’re seeing NM! I traveled all of NM as a territory sales rep from ‘10-‘17. Had an annual state park pass and stayed at lots of Walmart’s but also took lots of side trips. Really looking forward to these videos! And I think that’s my bear bell, I lost mine! Seriously, when I’m up in the Pike and San Isabel NF in CO, I’m wearing a bell! Those bears can open car doors and find the lift hatch buttons, got to be prepared :) and I think the is the type of lean to structure you found... www.practicalsurvivor.com/aframe
Yeah, I was planninig on staying for a couple of months in New Mexico checking out their national forests, but then COVID started to hit hard and I didn't know if they were going to start closing state boards. After Cloudcroft, I decided to head back across the boarder to be on the safe side. You're probably right about that structure. It's probably not big foot made. LOL
Thanks for saying exactly where you're at a couple times perfect
Any time! If you really want to know exactly where I'm at, check the video description. I have the grid coordinates to that exact location in it.
We followed your coordinates to this location, and I have to say Thank You! It's great spot for our truck camper too.
Glad to hear that! Beautiful area for sure!
I'm glad I found your channel, we just bought a used truck popup camper and planning on going to the New Mexico area, so we're looking for places to go.
Welcome!
Pumphouse road, I've tent camped in there a lot of times. If you follow it to the end it is about 7 miles long and deadends, makes for a good ride on a dirtbike. I saw a similar shelter to the one you saw in that area as well. probably bushcraft folks.
I did go down the road a little further. More camping spots and rv'ers. When I get back in that area, I'll definitely go further down the road to find a camping spot. Love that area.
I just found your channel. great stuff. New sub!
Awesome, thank you!
Ceyanne red peper sprinkles on motor works great
I was thinking about doing that. But combine it with water in a spray bottle and spray around my parking spot.
Great video...been looking into this area
Thanks for the location and great content.
No problem 👍
Thank U For Sharing Fantastic Camping spot. ❤👍💯🤩👌
Possibly an archery hunting blind for elk
Yup.
In Wyoming...in the Tetons area...
About 20 years back..
There was a sign posted about
Bear bells..
As stated?
You are walking on a trail made by Elk and Deer...
Bears travel these trails for hunting...
If you see dung...be alert...the trail has been marked by a Bear and you are intruding...
Carry Bear Spray..maybe a pistol..
Wear a jingle bell to alert inept Bears such as Cubs...whereas
Momma...will be very protective.
Black Bear dung will likely be the shades of berries or have hair from small game mixed in..
Grizzly Bear dung...larger of course...
It smells like Pepper and will have a Jingle Bell protruding...
Stay Safe or Go Home...
Agreed!
that white area in your view scene is the White Sands Natinal Monument.
Yup. I was hoping to check it out, but this was the time COVID just started and most things were shutting down. Maybe next time.
Could I pull a 26-foot travel trailer with my 4wd pick-up into that camp area at 6:00?
I do believe you could. If it's already taken, keep going down the road, there are other camping spots on the left. Just a word of caution; it's very high elevation and it does snow up there and the temperatures do plummet in the winter time. Don't get snowed in. ;-)
I can't find this spot..your Google map shows it off of pump house rd somewhere
You are correct. It's off of Pump House Road. Several other folks have messaged me and commented saying they found it with no problem.
@@DispersedCamperMan...So is there a post with the FM 5661 number on it where you would turn off of pump house rd?? I went up there a couple weeks ago looking for another campsite and we couldn't find the FM sign..we did end up finding the road when we were leaving..there was no numbered sign so we only knew it was the correct road when it came up on Maps...on your map in the video 5661 is hwy 130
Actually to get to Pump house rd you have to take Apache Canyon Road
@@gringochoppers You would need to use google maps, punch in the coordinates to the spot. It should take you right to it. From Cox Canyon Hwy turn onto Apache Canyon Road then turn right onto Pumphouse Canyon Road.
Bear scat is easily identified , it has bells in it and smells like pepper.
Good to know.
Beautiful place and great videos! Thanks for sharing. Have subbed!! Love the content and appreciate the shared coordinates! Thinking of heading that way soon! I 👍
Thanks for the sub!
It's a hunter's blind.
Kinda Looks like one.
Nice deer and elk blind.
What you found by the snow banks is someone's bushcraft structure.
Great video as always!! We really appreciate what you do.
The hut is to sleep under and guard the body from Bears...
These are better built with three inch poles...stacked in a loose casket form and spiked together..
Not over about three feet high to allow sitting up...
Bed goes inside and only tarped for rain....
No constant tarping as let's the bed site be seen from a distance and attracts hikers to bother stuff while you are hiking..
An open air sleep cage is better for staying alert and viewing around for safety...
This one....you have shown...
Way too flimsy to stop a bear from snacking on a leg...
Stout and stacked with 3 inch pine..can last for several years...
If visiting again is in mind...
Have seen these anchored to small trees...
Figured it was some type of shelter.
I love it up there! I know exactly where you are. PERFECT! We go up there usually in August. You scored! Fun to see it with snow on the ground.
It was fairly chilly at night, but warmed up nicely during the day. I bet it's really nice and cool up there in August. I think I'll stay out of New Mexico during the summer months. Thanks for watching Lola! LOL
I want to be there now!
@@FrugalRVGal I posted a couple of Instagram photos and someone commented on the post that the Sheriffs office said all dispersed camping in that area was closed. I can't wait till quarantine is over with.
Those bear bells are all over the area. Bears put them out and wait for someone to pick them up. They use them to track down Allsup's burritos from unsuspecting travelers. Not to start a conspiracy, or anything like that, but did you ever stop to think why the bell was placed so inconspicuous? And, if a person were wearing it before, what happened to them? Did they throw the burrito bell in an opposite direction to distract the bear and then hide in the hunter's blind? Great idea with the lights, but who can rest at a time like this?! Where did the person go? Even of greater importance, where are the burritos?! Good video. ❤️ 🤍💙
Great view of White Sands from the Trestle lookout
Yes it was. I was going to stop by there, but this was when COVID started up and places started shutting down.
Sleigh bells as bear defense, I learn something every day. Beautiful vistas thanks for the video
Thanks Leah! Folks in bear country wear bells so when they are walking trails, they don't startle bears and get attacled. If a bear hears you coming, they'll most of the time run before you see them.
@@DispersedCamperMan I wish they had something for the vipers around here 🤣
@@DispersedCamperMan Leah and I both hate snakes. But we do seem to have our fair share of King Snakes, to help out a little bit.
@@tracyphillips3325 I love king snakes. LOL I hope they eat their fair share of the poisonous kind of snakes.
Great idea regarding the solar light rope...need to get some for my truck as well...Thank you for the tip.
No problem 👍 I think I got this idea on line somewhere. LOL It bought two more sets of lights, going to extend them all the way around my truck.
Are there really that many mice that try to get into your vehicle?
All it takes is one to wreck havoc on your electrical systems. I've been lucky so far.
I'm thinking of buying land, an acre, very near there. Good idea? For summer RV ing. Have the same gen. and external tank. Subbed
Buying land is always a great idea. I loved visiting that area and planning on going back some day. Thanks for the Sub!
Cool old railroad trestle.
It they were. A lot of history in those old railroad trestles.
Sweet I was actually first!! Awesone video!
Yes you are! Thank's for watching Sandi!
Love that place! It is so beautiful there!
Yes it is!
I've done dispersed camping, I guess. I stop at roadside parks in TX and NM for a few hours sleep. The rule is 24 hour limit in both states. I guess you could drive to the next one for another day. Dispersed camping is free but you get what you pay for.
Dispersed camping is the way to go for me.
Salutes from Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico,....excellent video and beautiful woods.
Thank you very much!
Thanks for another cool video, Mark. New Mexico and Arkansas are both so beautiful in different ways. I'm fortunate to have been able to travel through both each spring and fall for a number of years. Not sure about it for right now but things have to get better in the long run. I hope.
Thanks Rick. I’m waiting for everything to cool down then I’m going out and cross the Arkansas border again and see what I can find. Things will get better.
Great video Mark. No idea what that little structure is. Maybe just boy's playing in the forest, while on a camping trip. Very beautiful country. Wise precaution on the lights for mice. They can strand you before you know it. Excellent job buddy 🤝
Thanks Tracy. Sure wished I could have spent more time there. I'll be taking the lights with me to Arizona when I go also. LOL Definitely don't want to get stranded out in the middle of no where after rodents chewed through my engine wires. LOL Thanks for sharing the video!
@@DispersedCamperMan your welcome Mark!
its a lean to, small shelter, probably made by children camping. i used to make them and my kids make them now.
Love my bear bell! 👍😉🇨🇦🌲🔥
Great place
That it is. I drove by there a couple days ago wanting to camp there. But the spot was already taken. I found another great spot further down the road.
The thing I love about that area (Cloudcroft, Ruidoso) is that it is a completely different world up there compared to the heat and dryness of the desert just a few miles lower in elevation. I've been all over those woods but I actually don't know where that camp site is where you're at. I think it may be off of Sunspot.
I really loved this spot. The climb up in elevation was beautiful from desert then you get into the forest. The scenery is breath taking. LOL If you look in this videos description you'll find this camp sites coordinates. Just copy/paste it into google maps and it'll show you where this spot is at. 32.936248, -105.738831
Alright, I'm in Alamogordo this morning, so I'm gonna head up to the coordinates and check it out today. I won't be camping, but it looks like a fun spot to set up my ham radio rig for a couple hours, then turn it off and just enjoy the forest.
It would be a great spot to just enjoy the forest. If that spot is taken, go down that road a little further, and there's another camping spot on the left. Not as good as the first one though. Let me know how you liked it!
@@DispersedCamperMan Will do. I'm planning to do a little ham radio video up there as well so you'll get to see it again and I'll give you a shout out and link to your channel!
Thanks man. Much appreciated. I was wondering if that little stick shelter I showed in the video is still there. Hopefully nobody is on that spot right now. LOL
Dispersed Camper Man Just arrived. This spot is absolutely gorgeous! Lots of people on the mountain today but this spot is mine. I’ll check out the “survivor man” shelter to see if it’s still there!
@@DispersedCamperMan Sorry for the delay, but I just got the video put up. Linked you in the description! You'll also get to see when I walked down to that stick shelter near the end of my video. Thanks again for the awesome recommendation! ruclips.net/video/W2dUX9m6pxw/видео.html
It looks like a big foot nest. Lol
Lol. Cozy.
I am sure you already answered this for someone lol
We were curious what are you using to level your camper and Truck when you are setting up camp?
And we were also curious WHEN will you be going back to New Mexico the videos are stunning? we were planning on going in that direction
I use the plastic rhino ramps I picked up at Wal-Mart. They take up a lot of space in my back seat, but using them besides the plastic orange yellow leveling blocks, it's a lot faster and easier. I just have to drive up on them as high as I need. I had to cut my New Mexico trip short last year due to covid started up. I'll be heading back hopefully soon. Thanks for watching!
That's a great spot!
Yes it was!
that looked like a 1 person debris hut to stay in for shelter for the night
That's what I was thinking. I think someone else said it was a nest for bigfoot? LOL Thanks for watching!
thats a survival shelter maybe hikers or ppl documenting a how to video. I like ur rig, I need a lance 845 on my truck too.
Survival shelter was what I was thinking also. You can’t go wrong with an 845. I love mine. It’s holding up great.
In montana the bears...[Grizzly],... call those dinner bells.
Ha Ha! I've got to visit Montana sometime in the near future. LOL
what you doing out of Arkansas! lol
LOL Took a little trip to New Mexico. Had to cut it short since the coronavirus started getting bad. I'll be heading back sometime in the future. Can't wait.
Thanks for another great video! You always have so much valuable information for us dispersed campers. Your Google map, shown in your opening paragraph, has to be the easiest way for those learning how to find locations to.... actually find locations. I've read dozens info from dozens of sites and have tried my luck over the last few years to find sites, often hit or miss, but you've come up with the perfect solution to this critical step of finding locations. One suggestion - I notice that you've included some New Mexico dispersed sites - thanks! - and are you planning on putting them into a separate folder in the map itself?
Thanks! I appreciate you watching! When I first started out dispersed camping I tried finding spots by searching the web, but found nothing. I decided to start this channel to help other folks find spots who wanted to disperse camp. I'm glad you find this channel helpful. As for my google maps dispersed camping locations I've actually tried a couple of times adding a New Mexico folder but couldn't figure out how to do it. LOL I'll look at it again and try to figure it out. Thanks for Watching!!!
After you open the map in My Maps (not just Google Maps), you should see, on the left hand side, the list of layers (folders) that you've already created. Right above that list is the option Add Layer. After you add a layer you can rename it what you want, for example New Mexico. Then you can click on any of your existing entries in the list and drag it over to the new layer. Or simply create new entries under that new layer.
I’ve tried that and it wouldn’t let me drag the ones I’ve already done to the new folder. I finally figured out before I can drag one over to the new folder, I have to click on the site on the map and click edit that site. While it was in edit mode, then It allowed me to drop and drag it into the new folder. I now have a New Mexico folder. Much better organized. Thanks!
I’m so glad you’re seeing NM! I traveled all of NM as a territory sales rep from ‘10-‘17. Had an annual state park pass and stayed at lots of Walmart’s but also took lots of side trips. Really looking forward to these videos! And I think that’s my bear bell, I lost mine! Seriously, when I’m up in the Pike and San Isabel NF in CO, I’m wearing a bell! Those bears can open car doors and find the lift hatch buttons, got to be prepared :) and I think the is the type of lean to structure you found... www.practicalsurvivor.com/aframe
Yeah, I was planninig on staying for a couple of months in New Mexico checking out their national forests, but then COVID started to hit hard and I didn't know if they were going to start closing state boards. After Cloudcroft, I decided to head back across the boarder to be on the safe side. You're probably right about that structure. It's probably not big foot made. LOL
wooow!
the bell is from a motorcycle. They are called Highway angle bells. Its suppose to bring you good luck on the highway.