Manzano Mountains State Park
Overview
Nestled in the wooded foothills of the Manzano Mountains, numerous opportunities for fishing, bird watching, photography, hiking, camping, and winter cross-country skiing and snow shoeing await you. The Manzano Mountains State Park is decorated with beautiful ponderosa pine and alligator juniper. The Alligator Juniper is named for the checkered pattern on the bark of older trees, which resembles an alligator's hide.
Activities
Bird Watching
The Manzano Mountains play an important role as a raptor flyway. Some birds may fly 200-miles in a day and several thousand miles in a season. The park has a field checklist available to visitors who enjoy bird watching.
Camping
Primitive and developed campsites are available at the park.
Hiking
The park has about five miles of interconnecting hiking trails and a marked nature trail. Trails wind through the forest, circling the main section of the park. Easy to moderate, the trails are fairly flat and bordered with rock and oak.
Wildlife Watching
The Manzano Mountains play an important role as a raptor flyway. Some birds may fly 200 miles in a day and several thousand miles in a season. The park has a field checklist available to visitors who enjoy bird watching.
Winter Sports
Come explore the heart of the Manzano Mountains, during the winter months. Manzano Mountain State Park offers the outdoor enthusiast exhilarating opportunities for snow-shoeing and cross-country skiing.
Seasonality/Weather
At a 7,600-foot elevation, summer temperatures range from lows in the lower 50s to highs in the upper 80s. In winter, temperatures drop to lows in the lower 20s to highs in the upper 40s.
Directions
Driving
Manzano Mountains State Park is 16-miles northwest of Mountainair, via NM highways 55 and 131.
Phone Numbers
Primary
(505) 847-2820Links
Official URL
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