| Fenton
Lake State Park |
12
miles |
Jemez
Pueblo, NM
A popular year-round retreat surrounded by beautiful
ponderosa pine forests, Fenton Lake State Park features
a cross-country ski and biathlon trail and wheelchair
accessible fishing platforms. |
| Bandelier
National Monument |
28
miles |
Santo
Domingo Pueblo, NM
On the canyon-slashed slopes and bottoms of the Pajarito
Plateau are the ruins of many cliff houses and pueblo
style dwellings of 13th-century Pueblo Indians. |
| Cochiti
Lake |
29
miles |
Pena
Blanca, NM
Adjacent Indian land is closed to public. |
| Jemez
Canyon Dam |
31
miles |
Bernalillo,
NM
A small reservoir with picnic and overlook facilities.
No access to the lake itself. From Bernalillo, 2 miles
W on NM 44, 6 miles N on project access road. |
| Santa
Fe National Forest |
39
miles |
Abiquiu,
NM
The Santa Fe National Forest is located in Northern
New Mexico, around the city of Santa Fe. The Santa Fe
offers excellent outdoor recreation opportunities in
a topography of mountains, rivers and canyons. |
| Petroglyph
National Monument |
43
miles |
Albuquerque,
NM
More than 15,000 prehistoric and historic Native American
and Hispanic petroglyphs (images carved in rock) stretch
17 miles along Albuquerque's West Mesa escarpment. |
| Chaco
Culture National Historical Park |
51
miles |
Farmington,
NM
The canyon, with hundreds of smaller sites, contains
13 major archeological sites unsurpassed in the United
States, representing the highest point of Pueblo pre-Columbian
civilization. Proclaimed Chaco Canyon National Monument
March 11, 1907; redesignated and renamed December 19,
1980. |
| Santa
Fe National Historic Trail |
55
miles |
Glorieta,
NM
The route of the Santa Fe Trail extends from a point
near Arrow Rock, Missouri, through Kansas, Oklahoma,
and Colorado to Santa Fe, New Mexico. To date, 16 certified
sites and segments are open for public use. |
| El
Vado Lake State Park |
58
miles |
Tierra
Amarilla, NM
Located in New Mexico's northern mountains, El Vado
Lake State Park offers fishing, boating, water-skiing,
and winter cross-country skiing. A five and one-half
mile scenic trail along the Rio Chama connects El Vado
with nearby Heron Lake. |
| Pecos
National Historical Park |
58
miles |
Pecos,
NM
The park preserves the ruins of two Spanish colonial
missions dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It
also contains sites relating to the Santa Fe Trail. |
| El
Vado Lake |
58
miles |
Tierra
Amarilla, NM
There is a boat ramp at the north end of reservoir,
via State 95, limited to high water use. The lake is
not serviced by concessionaires and there is no lodging
within park. Nearest lodging is 23.5 miles from the
lake headquarters to Chama. |
| Carson
National Forest |
59
miles |
Vallecitos,
NM
Some of the finest mountain scenery in the Southwest
is found on the Carson National Forest in Northern New
Mexico. The Carson is located around Taos and encompasses
a large portion of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. |
