Sports & Outdoors
Black Mesa State Park
No admission feePanhandle state park beside Lake Carl Etling, near the Black Mesa nature preserve and its dark night skies.
Sports & Outdoors
Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways
A northeastern New Mexico state park known for preserved dinosaur tracks, a lakeside setting, and dark night skies.
141 Clayton Lake Road, Clayton, NM 88415 · Clayton, NM
About Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways
This state park in northeastern New Mexico offers camping, boating, fishing, picnicking, and hiking. Its visitor center covers the region's dinosaur history and geology. Visitors can see well-preserved dinosaur trackways near the lake spillway. The park was New Mexico's first dark sky park and has stargazing with a telescope at its observatory. A health alert warns visitors to avoid water contact at the lake because of harmful algae.
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What's around here?
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