Fenton Lake State Park

Fenton Lake State Park

Parks Directory of the United States / State Parks / New Mexico

Location:33 miles northwest of San Ysidro via NM 4 and 126.
Facilities:37 developed campsites (5 with electric hookups), restrooms (é), picnic tables and grills (é), 2 group shelters, playground, cross-country ski and biathlon trail, fishing platforms (é), boat ramp.
Activities:Camping, boating (non- and electric-motored boats only), fishing, hiking, wildlife viewing, ice fishing, cross-country skiing.
Special Features:Fenton Lake is a high mountain lake surrounded by ponderosa ines in the valley of the Rio Cebolla of the Jemez Mountains. The park was formerly a nesting area for migratory waterfowl and a wildlife refuge, and waterfowl, turkey, deer, muskrat, elk, and bobcat can still be observed.
Address:455 Fenton Lake
Jemez Springs, NM 87025
Phone:505-829-3630
Web: www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/Fenton.htm
Size: 700 acres land; 37 acres water. Elevation: 7,900 feet.

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