Eagle Nest Lake State Park

Eagle Nest Lake State Park
New Mexico State Park
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
County	Colfax
Location	Eagle Nest
- elevation	8,300 ft (2,530 m)
- coordinates	36°32′0″N 105°15′0″W / 36.53333°N 105.25000°W / 36.53333; -105.25000Coordinates: 36°32′0″N 105°15′0″W / 36.53333°N 105.25000°W / 36.53333; -105.25000
Area	3,488 acres (1,412 ha)
Founded	July 3, 2004
Management	New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department
Owner	NM State Parks Division, NM Department of Game and Fish [1]
Location of Eagle Nest Lake State Park in New Mexico

Eagle Nest Lake State Park is a state park in New Mexico, United States. The park is located outside Eagle Nest, approximately 30 miles (48 km) east of Taos. It was established on July 3, 2004.^[2] Its main attraction is a 2,400-acre (9.7 km²) lake which is popular for fishing and boating in the summer, and ice fishing and snowmobiling in the winter. The lake itself is a man-made reservoir created when the Cimarron River was impounded by the Eagle Nest Dam in 1918. The lake is home to several species of fish, including rainbow trout, brown trout, cutthroat trout, kokanee salmon, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, common carp, white sucker, channel catfish, sunfish, and northern pike, which were accidentally introduced into Eagle Nest Lake (the park recommends anglers to keep the pike, because of their threat to the lake's gamefish populations). Eagle Nest Lake is at an elevation of 8,300 feet (2,500 m), making it an alpine lake, and it is situated in a glacial valley on the slopes of Wheeler Peak, New Mexico's highest mountain. The surrounding mountains are rich in wildlife such as elk, deer, turkeys and bears.

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  Lone fisherman at Eagle Nest Lake State Park
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  View of Wheeler Peak from Eagle Nest
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  Sunrise at Eagle Nest Lake

References

External links

• Eagle Nest Lake State Park
• Friends of Eagle Nest Lake and Cimarron Canyon State Parks