O3. La Cuesta | Established Campground

Nice rustic camping site within the national park. The camp site is about 10km after the road turns to gravel. The site is only big enough for 1-2 vehicles at each site (there are 2 sites at La Cuesta). Any vehicle can reach this site and the 2 other camping areas that you will pass before arriving here. There is a little bit of local traffic, as the campsite is just off the road (only a very little bit, you are in the middle of nowhere). If you drive off the main road into La Cuesta and have 4x4 with good clearance head further down the path and you will find El Ranchito, a really nice camp, totally off the road with a large clearing (enough room for multiple vehicles) or go past the clearing and find 3 other sites in the trees. It is quite, shaded and has cool evening temperatures here. Any of the campsite within the park make a great place to camp before/after crossing the Juarez/El Paso border. We did not pay to camp here, it looks like the park entrance kiosk is permanently closed. NOTE: there are not toilets at this location. There is a Porta pottie at El Ranchito (5 min walk down the path), but it was full when we visited.

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We drove passed this campsite to “El Ranchito” it was a nice ample open space with a clean porta potty. Check wind forecast before selecting the open spaces. We were unpleasantly woken up by every strong winds.

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We spent 2 excellent nights at "El ranchito" right after "la cuesta". Surprisingly clean and absolutely quiet. Pit toilet available. The riverbed was completely dry.

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Came to this place after the first campsite looked rough. This one isn’t much better. There is some picnic benches and fire pits but nothing is really maintained. Road is really washed out so high clearance is recommended and lots of low branches so we were kind of limited in our truck camper

Road down was slow and bumpy. Overall not a bad place to camp considering it was free

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Great place to stay. Camping area 1+3 are close to the road, 4 is where we stayed. To reach 4, follow the little road that starts at 3 to El Ranchito. If you don't have an offroad vehicle check first by foot if you want to drive there.
Very quite during the week and at night. gets more busy on a Friday evening and weekends.
Fee station looks permanently closed.

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closed for covid but no barrier preventing entry. party place on saturdays saw about 100 cars go up the mountain. we didnt stay. signage states that regular fee is 100 pesos for a car or truck but 3000 for vehiculo turistico!?! not sure what falls into that category.

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Campsite at Cumbres de Majalca National Park.

There are several camping locations along this road. This one looked like the easiest one to get into. There are two campsites here with stone picnic benches and grills. If you have a 4 wheel drive you can drive past the second campsite and be completely secluded from the road. There is some trash and lots of cow and horse poop at this site. There is some traffic on the road but we felt totally safe.

Didn't get a phone signal here but further up the road at the Mirador we had a 3G/LTE signal

The park road is rough dirt, rock, and gravel but a 4WD is not necessary. It was bumpy but we were fine in our converted cargo van.

Entry to the park is supposed to be 60 pesos per car and 60 pesos per person to camp. There was no one collecting fees when we visited on a Friday or when we left on Saturday. There is a free camping area before you get to the fee station off the road at these coordinates - N28°48.264 W106°27.073

The park seems to be a popular place for four wheelers on Saturday. Saw lots of people driving in as we were leaving on Saturday.

There is some hiking here. See pic from our hike to the Mirador.

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