Bluewater Lake
Popular for boating and year-round fishing. Features brochure and listing of activities and facilities.
Bottomless Lakes
Roswell, New Mexico.
Brantley Lake
Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Caballo Lake
Caballo, New Mexico. This park's claim to fame are the majestic Bald and Golden Eagles that migrate through the area.
Cimarron Canyon
Part of the Colin Neblett Wildlife Area in Eagle Nest.
City of Rocks
Faywood, New Mexico.
Clayton Lake
Offers excellent fishing and walk a half-mile to the lake's spillway and see the internationally significant dinosaur trackway, containing more than 500 footprints dating back more than 100 million years. Seneca, New Mexico.
Conchas Lake
Offers a wide variety of water sport activities including boating, fishing and water-skiing at this 25-mile long reservoir. Conchas Dam, New Mexico.
Coyote Creek
Located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Guadalupita, New Mexico.
El Vado Lake
Located in New Mexico's northern mountains El Vado Lake offers fishing, boating, hiking, water-skiing, and winter cross-country skiing.
Elephant Butte Lake
The largest and most popular lake in New Mexico.
Fenton Lake
A popular year-round retreat surrounded by beautiful ponderosa pine forests, the park features a cross-country ski and biathlon trail and wheelchair accessible fishing platforms. Close to Jemez Springs, New Mexico.
Heron Lake
Designated as a "quiet lake" where boats operate at no-wake speeds only. This park is known for its excellent sailing, fishing, cross-country skiing, and hiking. Los Ojos, New Mexico.
Hyde Memorial
Located close to the Santa Fe National Forest.
Leasburg Dam
Offers fishing, canoeing and kayaking. Located near Radium Springs, New Mexico.
Living Desert
Dedicated to the interpretation of the Chihuahuan Desert, Living Desert State Park is an indoor/outdoor living museum displaying more than 40 native animal species and hundreds of succulents from around the world on a 1.3 mile guided tour. Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Manzano Mountains
Offers fishing, bird watching, photography, hiking, and cross-country skiing near Albuquerque, in Mountainair, New Mexico.
Morphy Lake
Undeveloped area is accessible by foot or by high-clearance vehicle. Guadalupita, New Mexico.
Navajo Lake
Three separate recreation areas comprise this park. Pine River, the most developed area along the lake, includes a visitor center with interpretive exhibits. Sims Mesa is across the lake. The San Juan River area below the dam is world renowned for excellent trout fishing. Navajo Dam, New Mexico.
New Mexico State Parks
Up-to-date information about New Mexico's state parks, including recreation activities, facilities, special events, fees, regulations, maps, and photos.
Oasis
Set among cottonwood trees, shifting sand dunes, and a small fishing lake. Portales, New Mexico.
Oliver Lee Memorial
Set against the Sacramento Mountains, this park features historical exhibits and a fully restored 19th century ranch house. Alamogordo, New Mexico.
Pancho Villa
Contains historical exhibits of the raid on Columbus by Francisco "Pancho" Villa.
Pancho Villa State Park
Pancho Villa State Park, Columbus, New Mexico
Percha Dam
Features fishing and hiking on the Rio Grande, located at Caballo, New Mexico.
Rio Grande Nature Center
Winter home to Canada geese, sandhill cranes, and various species of ducks and other waterfowl. A trail system along the river, classrooms, and an extensive library with viewing areas add to this valuable public resource in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Rockhound
A favorite for "rockhounds" because of the abundant agates and quartz crystals found there, on the rugged west slope of the Little Florida Mountains. Demming, New Mexico.
Santa Rosa Lake
A high plains Pecos River reservoir, offers a variety of water sports and fishing.
Storrie Lake
Wind-surfing, fishing and boating. The visitor center features historical exhibits about the Santa Fe Trail and 19th century Las Vegas, New Mexico.
Sugarite Canyon
Located on the Colorado border near Raton, New Mexico, the park features heavily wooded mountains and meadows painted with wildflowers. Fishing, boating, hiking, cross-country ski, camping and picnic areas.
Sumner Lake
Offers fishing for a variety of species and is a winter haven for migrating waterfowl. Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Ute Lake
A Canadian River reservoir, offers some of the best walleye fishing in New Mexico. Logan, New Mexico.
Valley of Fires Recreation Area
An area many square miles of buckled, twisted lava, 9 miles northwest of the windswept town of Carrizozo
Villanueva
Between sandstone bluffs along the Pecos River, near the picturesque Spanish-colonial village.