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Caballo Lake is a reservoir on the Rio Grande created by the Caballo Dam in southern New Mexico, United States. It is the fourth largest reservoir in New Mexico in terms of surface area and the fifth largest body of water in New Mexico in terms of volume. The lake is in Caballo Lake State Park, which is approximately 16 miles (26 km) south of ...
1964 [1] Governing body. New Mexico State Parks Division. Caballo Lake State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, located 16 miles (26 km) south of Truth or Consequences on the Rio Grande. [2] Caballo Lake was created in the 1930s when an earthen dam was built across the Rio Grande. The dam is 96 feet (29 m) tall and 4,558 feet ...
Elephant Butte Reservoir, with 36,897 acres (149.32 km 2) of water at full pool, is popular for swimming, boating, and fishing. Cabins, fishing tackle, and boat rental services are available at the reservoir. Downstream Caballo Reservoir, with an area of 11,500 acres (47 km 2), is also a popular site for picnicking, fishing and boating.
The reservoir can hold 2,065,010 acre-feet (2.54715 × 10 9 m 3) of water [2] from a drainage of 28,900 square miles (74,850 km 2). [4] It provides irrigation to 178,000 acres (720 km 2) of land. [2] Fishing is a popular recreational activity on the reservoir, which contains striped bass, white bass, largemouth bass, crappie, walleye and catfish.
4,590 ft (1,400 m) Reservoir. Total capacity. 343,990 acre-feet (424,310,000 m 3) Caballo Dam is an earthen dam on the Rio Grande about 15 miles (24 km) downstream from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, United States. In conjunction with Elephant Butte Dam, which lies about 25 miles (40 km) upstream, it regulates the discharge of the river in ...
7,380 ft (2,250 m) Bonito Lake is an alpine reservoir located high in the Sierra Blanca mountains northwest of Ruidoso, New Mexico. It is a popular fishing and camping destination, and although it is surrounded by the Lincoln National Forest, it is not a part of the national forest. It is currently owned by the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico as ...
The reservoir it creates, Platoro Reservoir, has a normal water surface of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2), and a maximum capacity of 53,506 acre-feet (65,999,000 m 3). Recreation includes fishing, camping, boating and hunting, although use is light because of the remote, high mountain valley location and the short season.
Falcon State Park is 572.6 acres (2.317 km 2) located between Falcon Heights, Texas, and Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, and is the southern end of a 98,960-acre (400.5 km 2) International Falcon Reservoir. The park's main activities include camping, swimming, fishing, water skiing, and boating, with a self-guided nature trail.