New Mexico Outdoor Sports
Fly Fishing, Hiking, Camping, Kayaking, Canoeing, Skiing, 4 Wheeling, Hunting and Vacations
A picturesque lake set among the tall pines of northern New Mexico, Heron Lake has been designated a “quiet lake” where boats operate at no-wake speeds only, making it an excellent location for all types of paddle craft. Heron also has amazing sailing, cross-country skiing, and hiking. Heron is a fisherman’s paradise with record-size trout […]
The Riana Campground is located on a 150-foot rock bluff overlooking Abiquiu Lake at 6,400 feet above sea level. The Riana Campground hosts 54 campsites. A number of sites include electric hookups and water hookup, shelters, grills, lantern holders and tent pads. Other facilities include a play structure, showers, dump station, picnic and fishing areas. […]
Santa Fe Bandstand is a free summer music festival on the Santa Fe Plaza and at SWAN Park on Santa Fe’s Southside. Brought to you by Outside In Productions, a nonprofit, community-based group established in the spring of 1995, to bring free, live performances, presentations and workshops to people confined to shelters, residential treatment facilities, […]
Taos Plaza Live outdoor concert, Taos, New Mexico July 2013. Taos Plaza Live is open to the public. Held on the Taos Plaza summer evenings from 6 to 8 pm. Taos is a town in northern New Mexico’s high desert, bounded by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It’s known for historic adobe buildings such as […]
Featuring spectacular New Mexico desert scenery dotted with silver-green sagebrush and challenging arroyos, Taos Country Club is a truly unique setting. Golfers encounter manicured greens, natural desert topography, and panoramic mountain views that contribute to a truly memorable experience of golfing in New Mexico. Measuring 7,302 yards from the back tees, this Jep Wille design […]
Balloons over Angel Fire is a fun, high altitude, family friendly event held every June in the beautiful mountains of northern New Mexico. Balloon Glows and Mass Ascensions without the crazy crowds and costs. Watch a field of hot-air balloons at sunrise as they gracefully float up into the cool morning air of the Moreno […]
The Pecos River originates high up in the Pecos Wilderness Area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains just north of Santa Fe, NM. A handful of tiny streams loaded with small browns, cut-bows and cutthroats flow into the Pecos above Cowles. Below Cowles the stream becomes a small-medium river ranging between 10-25 feet wide as […]
The Rio Pecos is perhaps the most central location for anglers seeking the greatest array of fishing opportunities. The very best rainbow and brown trout fishing on the Rio Pecos is found between Terrero and Cowles. The section just above Terrero is best fished by beginning at the Terrero General Store (parking across the river […]
The first dozen miles of the Cimarron River (from Eagle Nest Lake to Ute Park, New Mexico) are known for fine trout fishing. Stocked trout include rainbow and brown. The river is maintained by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish at a trout density of approximately 3,000 fish per mile, although water flow […]
Rio Grande Gorge, where a few dozen Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep released in 2006-2007 have multiplied to a population of 280 in 10 years. Bighorn sheep were absent from the gorge until 2006, when the Taos Pueblo released 23 onto the landscape. The Department of New Mexico Game and Fish followed with the release of […]
One of the most popular trout fishing streams in the New Mexico. Paralleled by highway 518 along its entire length. Headwaters above Tres Ritos (Angostura and Alamitos Creek). Many campgrounds. Heavy thunderstorms overnight clouded the water for this video. New Mexico Hwy 518 runs from Taos, New Mexico South to Las Vegas, New Mexico. Numerous […]
The gorge has Class II to Class V white water rapids that are managed for recreation by The U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The BLM maintains two developed recreation areas along the river that include hiking, biking and other recreational opportunities. In New Mexico, The Rio Grande has two main sections for rafting near Taos: […]
Class I to Class III rapids (easy to moderately challenging) with names like: Big Rock, the Narrows, and Souse Hole. We’ll serve refreshments and snacks at the end of the trip and then return you to your vehicle and dry clothes! March through June are typically high water months. The Race Course flows all summer […]
Class I to Class III rapids (easy to moderately challenging) with names like: Big Rock, the Narrows, and Souse Hole. We’ll serve refreshments and snacks at the end of the trip and then return you to your vehicle and dry clothes! March through June are typically high water months. The Race Course flows all summer […]
Big Tesuque Creek is a walk in campground not conducive to trailer or RV campoing. There are 10 units, Picnic tables and grills, and Vaulted toilets in the parking lot. There is no potable water and no Campground Host. The entire area is very scenic, and NM 475 is also designated as the Santa Fe […]
Known world-wide as simply “the Santa Fe,” the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway came into its namesake city in 1880. The 120 year-old spur from Lamy to Santa Fe, the vintage railcars, and the charming California mission-style depot at 410 S. Guadalupe St., combine to make a charming slice of history. Every year, tens […]
Eldorado at Santa Fe 1 mile private trail to Lamy Overlook, a panoramic vista of historic Lamy, New Mexico and the Galesteo Basin, ancestral home to the Tano, East Rio Grande Keresan, Pecos and Tewa native Americans. Lamy depot was built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (commonly known as the “Santa Fe”) […]
Eldorado at Santa Fe 1 mile private trail to Lamy Overlook, a panoramic vista of historic Lamy, New Mexico and the Galesteo Basin, ancestral home to the Tano, East Rio Grande Keresan, Pecos and Tewa native Americans. Lamy depot was built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (commonly known as the “Santa Fe”) […]
Eldorado at Santa Fe 1 mile private trail to Lamy Overlook, a panoramic vista of historic Lamy, New Mexico and the Galesteo Basin, ancestral home to the Tano.East Rio Grande Keresan, Pecos and Tewa native American tribes. Lamy depot was built for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (commonly known as the “Santa Fe”) […]
Cowles Ponds are right next to the Pecos River and are surrounded by coniferous forests and grassy meadows. There are 2 ponds, a larger one, which was dredged and deepened in 2011, and is available to all anglers with a current NM fishing license, and a smaller pond open only to those 12 years of […]
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