Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureIce Cave and Bandera Volcano
Under $25Self-guided trails to a lava-tube ice cave with year-round ice and a volcanic cinder cone near Grants, New Mexico.
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Sports & Outdoors
Bluewater Lake State Park
A high-elevation New Mexico state park on a lake, offering camping, hiking, birding, horseback riding and fishing.
30 Bluewater State Park Road, Prewitt, NM 87045 · Prewitt, NM
About Bluewater Lake State Park
Bluewater Lake State Park sits about 25 miles west of Grants in a pinon-juniper setting, with views toward the Zuni Mountains. Visitors can camp, hike, watch birds, ride horses and fish, and the park is noted for tiger muskie fishing. Boating options include motorized and non-motorized craft, sailing and water skiing. The park also has picnic areas, a playground, a visitor center and group facilities.
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What's around here?
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Transit: reachable by public transit
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