Navajo Lake
New Mexico Boating Safety Course Free, 8-hour class offered by New Mexico State Parks. There is no fee to take this class. Education is the key to becoming a better, more knowledgeable boater. In New Mexico, many boaters are required by law to complete a boating safety course and receive a boater education card. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to take the course and receive a card. Registration is required. Register using link below.
Fees: Regular Entrance Fee
Contact: Leigh Kirkeeide 505-632-2278
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Sugarite Canyon
Kiwanis Club Fishing Derby The week long adult fishing derby will begin on May 27th,2023. The first 30 tagged fish will receive prizes during the course of the event. Fish must be presented with their tag still in them for a prize. Daily door prizes will be drawn from the Sugarite Canyon Visitor Center based of derby registrants. Door prize winners must claim their prize by the final day of the adult derby (6/4/2023). The Kiwanis club youth fishing derby will occur on Saturday 6/3/2023. The derby begins at 8am and final youth contestant catches must be submitted by 12PM. Registration information for the Kiwanis fishing derby can be attained from the Raton Kiwanis Club at 131 N Second Street, Raton NM 87740 phone: 505-445-4746
Fees: Regular Entrance Fee
Contact: Bob Mantz 575-445-3619

Elephant Butte Lake
New Mexico Boating Safety Course Free, 8-hour class offered by New Mexico State Parks. There is no fee to take this class. Education is the key to becoming a better, more knowledgeable boater. In New Mexico, many boaters are required by law to complete a boating safety course and receive a boater education card. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to take the course and receive a card. Registration is required. Register using link below.
Fees: Regular Entrance Fee
Contact: Austin Wilson 575-744-5923
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Leasburg Dam
MUSIC AND STARS Join us for a night of LIVE MUSIC and star gazing. Bring a chair and relax to a live music performance from local musicians as members from the Astronomical Society of Las Cruces will operate a 16" telescope to view amazing night sky objects. Through several telescopes, you will see nebulae, globular clusters, star clusters, planetary nebulae, galaxies, and more! The music show starts at 7pm and is located at the Observatory - next to the visitor center parking lot. $5 per vehicle park entrance fee.
Fees: Regular Entrance Fee
Contact: Any park staff 575-524-4068

Navajo Lake
New Mexico Boating Safety Course Free, 8-hour class offered by New Mexico State Parks. There is no fee to take this class. Education is the key to becoming a better, more knowledgeable boater. In New Mexico, many boaters are required by law to complete a boating safety course and receive a boater education card. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to take the course and receive a card. Registration is required. Register using link below.
Fees: Regular Entrance Fee
Contact: Leigh Kirkeeide 505-632-2278
Register Online

Rio Grande Nature Ctr.
New Mexico Boating Safety Course Free, 8-hour class offered by New Mexico State Parks. There is no fee to take this class. Education is the key to becoming a better, more knowledgeable boater. In New Mexico, many boaters are required by law to complete a boating safety course and receive a boater education card. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to take the course and receive a card. Registration is required. Register using link below.
Fees: Regular Entrance Fee
Contact: Scott Chalmers 505-490-3507
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Sugarite Canyon
NM Raptors Live birds of prey will be presented at Sugarite Canyon on Saturday, June 17. An event will occur Saturday afternoon (weather permitting, at the Soda Pocket amphitheater), and another program Sunday morning. Laura McCann will offer an educational program with the assistance of her live birds of prey expressing the importance of these aerial predators. A valid park permit is required. Specific Start times will be arranged as the event draws near.
Fees: Regular Entrance Fee
Contact: Park Staff 575-445-5607