List of New Mexico state parks

Map of State Parks of New Mexico
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This is a list of state parks and reserves in the New Mexico state park system. The system began with the establishment of Bottomless Lakes State Park on November 18, 1933. New Mexico currently has 35 state parks. It has been calculated that 70% of the state's population lives within of a New Mexico state park. The system as a whole saw 4.5 million visitors in 2009. The parks are managed by the New Mexico State Parks Division of the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. The mission of the State Parks Division is to "protect and enhance natural and cultural resources, provide first-class recreational and education facilities and opportunities, and promote public safety to benefit and enrich the lives of visitors."

Park name	County or Counties	Size		Elevation		Year Established	Remarks
		acres	ha	ft	m
Bluewater Lake State Park	Cibola			1937	Encircles a reservoir in the Zuni Mountains.
Bottomless Lakes State Park	Chaves			1933	Encompasses eight cenotes whose greenish-blue water disguises their true depth.
Brantley Lake State Park	Eddy			1989	Features New Mexico's southernmost lake, a reservoir on the Pecos River.
Caballo Lake State Park	Sierra			1964	Surrounds Caballo Lake, a reservoir on the Rio Grande.
Cerrillos Hills State Park	Santa Fe				2009	Provides day-use recreation amidst 1,100 years of mining history.
Cimarron Canyon State Park	Colfax			1979	Showcases the canyon of the Cimarron River and the Palisades Sill formation.
City of Rocks State Park	Grant			1953	Features rock formations eroded out of 35-million-year-old volcanic ash, and a public observatory.
Clayton Lake State Park	Union			1965	Features a reservoir and an extensive fossil trackway of dinosaur footprints.
Conchas Lake State Park	San Miguel			1955	Adjoins a reservoir on the Canadian River.
Coyote Creek State Park	Mora			1969	Boasts the most densely stocked trout stream in New Mexico.
Eagle Nest Lake State Park	Colfax			2004	Provides access to a reservoir in a scenic mountain valley.
Elephant Butte Lake State Park	Sierra			1964	Surrounds Elephant Butte Reservoir, the state's largest and most popular reservoir.
El Vado Lake State Park	Rio Arriba			1961	Provides access to a reservoir adjacent to Heron Lake State Park.
Fenton Lake State Park	Sandoval			1984	Encompasses a reservoir surrounded by ponderosa pine forest.
Heron Lake State Park	Rio Arriba				Provides access to a no-wake reservoir adjacent to El Vado Lake State Park.
Hyde Memorial State Park	Santa Fe			1938	Provides outdoor recreation amenities near Santa Fe.
Leasburg Dam State Park	Doña Ana			1971	Features a quiet stretch of the Rio Grande below a 1908 diversion dam.
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park	Eddy			1967	Comprises a zoo and botanical garden of wildlife native to the Chihuahuan Desert in the city of Carlsbad.
Manzano Mountains State Park	Torrance			1973	Protects part of the forested foothills of the Manzano Mountains.
Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park	Doña Ana			2003	Interprets a bosque on the Rio Grande and adjacent Chihuahuan Desert.
Morphy Lake State Park	Mora			1965	Preserves a small, secluded lake in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Navajo Lake State Park	Rio Arriba and San Juan			1995	Comprises three units on New Mexico's second-largest reservoir.
Oasis State Park	Roosevelt			1961	Features a fishing pond and sand dunes amidst the east-central plains.
Oliver Lee Memorial State Park	Otero			1980	Showcases a verdant canyon in the Sacramento Mountains and Oliver Lee's restored 1893 ranch house.
Pancho Villa State Park	Luna			1961	Interprets the 1916 Battle of Columbus (Pancho Villa's raid onto U.S. soil) and the retaliatory Pancho Villa Expedition.
Percha Dam State Park	Sierra			1970	Provides outdoor recreation on an impounded section of the Rio Grande.
Rio Grande Nature Center State Park	Bernalillo			1982	Interprets a bosque on the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.
Rockhound State Park	Luna			1965	Allows mineral collecting for amateur geology in the Florida Mountains.
Santa Rosa Lake State Park	Guadalupe				Adjoins a reservoir.
Storrie Lake State Park	San Miguel			1960	Adjoins a reservoir in the Zuni Mountains.
Sugarite Canyon State Park	Colfax			1985	Interprets the ruins of a historic early-20th-century coal-mining camp.
Sumner Lake State Park	De Baca			1966	Adjoins a reservoir on the Pecos River.
Ute Lake State Park	Quay			1964	Adjoins an reservoir on the Canadian River.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park	Colfax				2005	Honors the veterans of the Vietnam War, the country's oldest such memorial (established 1968) and the only one comprising a whole state park.
Villanueva State Park	San Miguel			1967	Preserves a red sandstone canyon on the Pecos River.

See also

• List of National Parks of the United States

External links

• New Mexico State Parks Division
• New Mexico State Parks Foundation