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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. [1] New Mexico currently has 35 state parks. It has been calculated that 70% of the state's population lives within 40 miles (64 km) of a New Mexico state park. [2]
Sugarite Canyon State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, featuring a historic early-20th century coal-mining camp and natural scenery at the border of the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. The park is located on the Colorado–New Mexico state line 6 miles (9.7 km) in Colfax County, New Mexico, northeast of Raton.
The park is the largest state park in New Mexico and surrounds the state's largest reservoir. [1] The 36,000-acre (150 km 2) reservoir, created in 1916 across the Rio Grande, is 40 miles (64 km) long with more than 200 miles (320 km) of shoreline. Elephant Butte Dam is named after a rock formation resembling an elephant. [2]
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Clayton Lake State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, featuring a 170-acre (69 ha) recreational reservoir and a fossil trackway of dinosaur footprints. It is located 15 miles (24 km) north of Clayton, close to New Mexico's border with Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. The park is accessed via New Mexico State Road 455.
Oliver Lee Memorial State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, whose two tracts preserve a canyon in the Sacramento Mountains and Oliver Lee's historic 19th-century ranch house. The 640-acre (260 ha) park is located in Otero County at an elevation of 4,363 feet (1,330 m). [ 1 ]
Rockhound State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, located 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Deming. [1] It is named for the abundance of minerals in the area, and visitors can search for quartz crystals, geodes, jasper, perlite, and many other minerals. When the park opened in 1966, it was the first park in the United States to ...
There are 41 camping sites, with a $5 day fee, and $8–18 overnight camping fee. Annual passes are also available for $40 day pass and $180–225 for overnight camping. Visitors are allowed to camp at City of Rocks, and any other state parks in New Mexico, for up to 21 days within any given 28 day period. [10]