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Parks in New Mexico

Explore 219 parks and public lands with richer details on amenities, trail access, and park types.

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

New Mexico

Travel along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail to experience and learn from a complicat…

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El Malpais National Conservation Area

El Malpais National Conservation Area

New Mexico

BLM Rio Puerco Field Office Hosts National Public Lands Day Volunteer EventJoin the Bureau of Land Management …

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El Malpais National Monument

El Malpais National Monument

New Mexico

The richly diverse volcanic landscape of El Malpais (el-mal-pie-EES) offers solitude, recreation, and adventur…

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El Malpais Wilderness Study Area

New Mexico

The El Malpais WSA consists of several independent tracts of land under consideration for Wilderness designati…

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El Morro National Monument

El Morro National Monument

New Mexico

Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base o…

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El Morro National Monument

New Mexico

Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base o…

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El Vado Lake State Park

El Vado Lake State Park

New Mexico

Know Before You Go! El Vado Lake State Park has closed access to the remaining boat ramp and is prohibiting t…

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El Vado Reservoir

New Mexico

El Vado Dam and Reservoir, features of the Middle Rio Grande Project, are located on the Rio Chama about 160 m…

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Elephant Butte Lake State Park

Elephant Butte Lake State Park

New Mexico

Elephant Butte is a reservoir on the Rio Grande that was built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1916. The…

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Elephant Butte Reservoir

New Mexico

Elephant Butte Dam and Reservoir are features of the Rio Grande Project, located located on the Rio Grande, 1…

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Empedrado Wilderness Study Area

New Mexico

The Empedrado WSA is characterized by deep arroyos, highly sculpted mesas, canyons, and sandstone and shale ou…

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Fenton Lake State Park

Fenton Lake State Park

New Mexico

Located at about 7,900 feet in elevation in the Jemez Mountains, Fenton Lake State Park contains 700 acres, of…

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Florida Mountains Wilderness Study Area

New Mexico

The Florida Mountains WSA is located in southern New Mexico about 10 miles southeast of Demming. The Florida M…

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Fort Craig Historic Site

Fort Craig Historic Site

New Mexico

Established in 1854, Fort Craig was one of the largest and most important frontier forts in the West. Set in t…

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Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area

Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area

New Mexico

The Fort Stanton - Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area (NCA) was established in 2009 to protect, conse…

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Fort Union National Monument

New Mexico

Exposed to the wind, within a sweeping valley of short grass prairie, amid the swales of the Santa Fe Trail, l…

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Galisteo Dam

Galisteo Dam

New Mexico

To get to Galisteo Dam, it is necessary to drive through lands belonging to Santo Domingo Pueblo Indian Reserv…

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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

New Mexico

For thousands of years, groups of ancient nomads used caves above the Gila River as temporary shelter. In the …

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Gila National Forest

New Mexico

At 3.3 million acres, the Gila National Forest in southwestern New Mexico encompasses some of the most remote …

5,190 sq mi
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Glade Run Recreation Area

Glade Run Recreation Area

New Mexico

A great spot for the weekend warrior, the Glade Run Recreation Area (GRRA) is comprised of 19,000 acres of san…

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Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

New Mexico

Come experience mountains and canyons, desert and dunes, night skies and spectacular vistas within a place unl…

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Guadalupe Ruin

Guadalupe Ruin

New Mexico

Guadalupe Ruin, the easternmost Chacoan Outlier, is a single-story masonry pueblo situated on an isolated sand…

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Hackberry Lake Off-Highway Vehicle Use Area

New Mexico

The Hackberry Lake Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Use Area offers over 55,000 acres of rolling stabilized dune land…

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Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area

Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area

New Mexico

Perched on the rugged breaks overlooking the Pecos River, Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Area off…

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