Eagle Nest Lake State Park
Eagle Nest, New Mexico

Eagle Nest Lake State Park is New Mexico's newest state park. New Mexico State Parks and New Mexico Fish and Game worked together to buy the lake from the CS Ranch. While there is a day use area already in place just east of Eagle Nest on the north shore, the main part of the state park is south of Eagle Nest on the west shore of the lake.

Originally, Eagle Nest Lake was built by the CS Ranch so they could control water flows downstream in Cimarron Canyon and store plenty of irrigation water for dry years. Today, it is one of the premier fishing and vacation spots in northern New Mexico.