El Vado Lake State Park Campground New Mexico
El Vado Lake State Park Overview
El Vado Lake State Park has 3 campgrounds with a total of 80 single-family campsites situation around the lake. There are 17 with electric & water hookups, and 2 full hookup sites. Group camping and primitive beach/boat-in camping are also available.
Campground amenities include potable water, flush & vault toilet, showers and a dump station. There’s also a playground, 25 picnic areas, a boat ramp, boat rentals and marina.
Our favorite campsites include: Grassy Point #17 and Pinion Beach #62.
El Vado Lake State Park – Area Recreation
Located at about 7,200 feet in elevation in New Mexico’s northern mountains, the Park offers a fantastic opportunity to view bald eagles, red-tail hawks, ospreys and other migrating birds during the winter. During the summer, it’s also a popular destination to enjoy fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, scuba diving, water-skiing, hiking, horseback riding, picnicking, hunting and wildlife viewing. A 5.5-mile scenic trail along the Rio Chama connects El Vado with nearby Heron Lake and is a nice hike year round (snowshoeing and cross-country skiing during the winter).
Heron Lake State Park is another nice facility to consider. It has 114 developed campsites along Heron Lake.
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Amenities
- Bathhouse
- BBQ Grills
- Boat Launch/Ramp
- Boat Ramp
- Boat Rental
- Campground Host
- Campsite Tables
- Dock
- Drinking Water
- Dump Station
- Equestrian trail
- Equipment Rentals
- Fire Pit
- Fire Rings
- Firewood Available
- Grills
- Group Camping
- Group Pavilion
- Marina
- Pay Phone
- Pets OK
- Picnic Tables
- Ranger Station
- Restrooms (Flush Toilets, Vault Toilets)
- RV Hookups
- Showers
- Trash Collection
- Vending Machines
Activities
- Beach
- Biking
- Bird Watching
- Boating
- Boating (non motorized)
- Canoeing
- Cross Country Skiing
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic Sites
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Ice Fishing
- Jet Skiing
- Kayaking
- Kite Surfing
- Lake
- Mountain Biking
- Nature Trails
- Photography
- Picnicking
- Playground
- Sailboarding
- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
- Sledding
- Snowshoeing
- Stargazing
- Swimming
- Walking Trails
- Water Skiing
- Water Sports
- Wildlife Viewing
- Wind Surfing
- Winter/Snow Sports
Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico 87575
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Campsite Types
- ADA
- Electric & Water Hookup
- Full Hookup
- Group
- Primitive
- RV
- Tent
- Trailer
# of Campsites:
80 + Primitive
# of RV Hookup Campsites:
19
Season:
Year Round
Elevation:
7,209
El Vado Lake State Park Comments & Reviews
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Was looking to get away for the city for a while I went July 27 through the 29th. Two weeks before I went I went on Google and saw that the leak was really low I called the Ranger and told him that I wanted to go swimming he move my campsite and there is just no way I would ever get into that water it was so low that There were a bunch of flies and it stunk. I’m sure at one point this was probably the nicest leak in New Mexico but I would recommend not going anytime soon until it fills up!