Coal Mine is a 15-site campground in El Malpais National Conservation Area. It accommodates RVs and trailers, with sites for RVs up to 45 ft. It is a no-hookup campground. Maximum party size is 10. Like most popular Recreation.gov campgrounds, Coal Mine books up months ahead, but cancellations open regularly. Campsite Sniper watches the targets you choose and alerts you when one frees up. We never book, hold, or pay for reservations; you book directly on Recreation.gov.
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Lakefront, hookups, your RV length, weekends only - set it as picky as you want.
We run paced availability checks for Coal Mine. One watch covers every matching site.
When a match opens, you get a push with a Recreation.gov link so you can review and book it yourself.
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Coal Mine's 15 sites book up months ahead on Recreation.gov; most openings come from cancellations. Pick a site on the map to see its 6-month calendar, or set a free Campsite Sniper alert to get notified when one opens. You still complete the reservation yourself on Recreation.gov.
No. Campsite Sniper sends alerts and direct Recreation.gov links. It never books, pays for, holds, hoards, or resells reservations.
In just the last 7 days, 0 cancellations opened across 0 different dates at Coal Mine. "Sold out" rarely means sold out.