New Mexico Lakes: 6 Vacation Lakes in New Mexico

Featured New Mexico Lake

Lake Name	Lake Summary
Abiquiu Lake	Also known as: Abiquiu Reservoir Abiquiu Lake, located in Rio Arriba County in North-Central New Mexico, is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Abiquiu Lake offers recreation areas for camping, boating, swimming, kayaking, hiking, camping, fishing, canoeing, water skiing and more. Surrounded by pine, juniper, and sage, as well as red sandstone cliffs and mesas, Abiquiu Lake was constructed by impounding the Chama River, a tributary of the legendary Rio Grande River, in 1963 as a project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Measuring 1,540 feet long and rising 321 feet above the riverbed, Abiquiu Dam, an earthen filled dam, is the second of three dams constructed in the Chama River watershed. Fishing is a popular pastime at Abiquiu Reservoir. Visitors with a New Mexico fishing license can cast in their line for catfish, crappie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye and rainbow trout. Geocaching, the treasure hunting game using a GPS to hide and seek containers with other participants, is also a ... (read more about Abiquiu Lake, New Mexico)

Lake Name

Lake Summary

Abiquiu Lake

Also known as: Abiquiu Reservoir
Abiquiu Lake, located in Rio Arriba County in North-Central New Mexico, is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Abiquiu Lake offers recreation areas for camping, boating, swimming, kayaking, hiking, camping, fishing, canoeing, water skiing and more. Surrounded by pine, juniper, and sage, as well as red sandstone cliffs and mesas, Abiquiu Lake was constructed by impounding the Chama River, a tributary of the legendary Rio Grande River, in 1963 as a project of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Measuring 1,540 feet long and rising 321 feet above the riverbed, Abiquiu Dam, an earthen filled dam, is the second of three dams constructed in the Chama River watershed. Fishing is a popular pastime at Abiquiu Reservoir. Visitors with a New Mexico fishing license can cast in their line for catfish, crappie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye and rainbow trout. Geocaching, the treasure hunting game using a GPS to hide and seek containers with other participants, is also a ... (read more about Abiquiu Lake, New Mexico)