New Mexico state parks and other Areas
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Clayton State Park
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Sugarite Canyon state park
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Clayton State Park
Generally located: extreme northeast New Mexico
Best known for it's: world famous 500 fossil foot prints of 8
dinosaurs made 100 million years ago and Clayton lake (a small
lake).
Part of our big Colorado trip from 10-10-08 to 10-18-08-
see web page on Colorado for more detailed overall info on our
entire trip (special detailed article at the top of the page on
the Colorado page) by date/day.
Started 10-10-08 at Keystone State Park, OK. (Marilyn
mad) , Glass (or Gloss) Mountains, OK.,
Fort Supply Lake, OK (army corp of engineer lake),
Optima Lake, Hardesty, Ok. ("red dirt road disaster"),
Guymon, OK RV park (raining and we got the last spot),
Boise City Dairy Queen (Marilyn's favorite),
Black Mesa state Park - OK (highest point),
Clayton State Park, New Mexico (fossil place),
Sugarite Canyon state park, New Mexico, (tree lined trail
runs around the small beautiful lake) , Trinidad
State Park, Colo. (overview of dam and made-man lake, lots
of asphalt and concrete), Lathrop state park,
Colo. (huge maze of RV areas on top of a mountain),
Pueblo state park, Colo. (man made lake with no trees),
Garden of the Gods park disaster with the RV, Mueller
State Park, Colo. (wildlife rules here), Cripple Creek and
petrified stump national monument in Florissant,
Cheyenne State Park - Colo. (not built yet - no dogs
allowed, small parking lot), Garden of the Gods
RV park (great Mexican restaurant within walking distance),
Manitou cliff dwelling, Cave of the Winds, Greensburg, ks
tornado disaster, John Martin Reservoir state
Park, ks (dam inside park, very flat, you can't see it from
Hwy 50), Gunsmoke RV park (in Dodge City),
Cheney Reservoir state park - ks (marina and 2 boat
launches) (ended 10-18-08)
Phone:
Date stayed: 10-12-08
Directions: The road (off the main highway) to Clayton was 12
miles long! A winding road and took forever to get there
Size of park: very small
RV Camping: 10 spots only - all close together.
Cost of RV spots:
Showers and restrooms: very nice.
Places to let the dogs run without leashes: around the lake is a
sign that says keep dogs on leash but there was no one on the
short trail so we let the dogs run.
Cabins: none
Length of trails: only 1 small trail that goes to the fossils
and around half the lake.
Animals we saw: none
Sites to see inside the park: the fossils
Sites to see outside the park: none.
Pros: none
Cons: nothing to do.
Fishing:
Date built:
US Army Corps of Engineers facilities: no
Other info:
What is Clayton's main commerce? Livestock and a new prison. Bad
smell at the RV area due to the livestock. You can't see or hear
the livestock but you can smell them.
Nearest cities:
Dogs we took: Sashe and Gap
Website:
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Sugarite Canyon state park
Generally located: extreme Northeast New Mexico. The Colorado
border was 1 mile away down a dirt road. We went down this road
and barely had enough room to turn around with the RV in tow.
Best known for it's: beautiful lake in between 2 canyons - a
walking trail takes you around the small lake.
Part of our big Colorado trip from 10-10-08 to 10-18-08-
see web page on Colorado for more detailed overall info on our
entire trip (special detailed article at the top of the page on
the Colorado page) by date/day.
Started 10-10-08 at Keystone State Park, OK. (Marilyn
mad) , Glass (or Gloss) Mountains, OK.,
Fort Supply Lake, OK (army corp of engineer lake),
Optima Lake, Hardesty, Ok. ("red dirt road disaster"),
Guymon, OK RV park (raining and we got the last spot),
Boise City Dairy Queen (Marilyn's favorite),
Black Mesa state Park - OK (highest point),
Clayton State Park, New Mexico (fossil place),
Sugarite Canyon state park, New Mexico, (tree lined trail
runs around the small beautiful lake) , Trinidad
State Park, Colo. (overview of dam and made-man lake, lots
of asphalt and concrete), Lathrop state park,
Colo. (huge maze of RV areas on top of a mountain),
Pueblo state park, Colo. (man made lake with no trees),
Garden of the Gods park disaster with the RV, Mueller
State Park, Colo. (wildlife rules here), Cripple Creek and
petrified stump national monument in Florissant,
Cheyenne State Park - Colo. (not built yet - no dogs
allowed, small parking lot), Garden of the Gods
RV park (great Mexican restaurant within walking distance),
Manitou cliff dwelling, Cave of the Winds, Greensburg, ks
tornado disaster, John Martin Reservoir state
Park, ks (dam inside park, very flat, you can't see it from
Hwy 50), Gunsmoke RV park (in Dodge City),
Cheney Reservoir state park - ks (marina and 2 boat
launches) (ended 10-18-08)
Phone:
Date stayed: 10-12-09 - just drove thru with the RV in tow, did
not stay.
Directions:
Size of park: very small
RV Camping: 10 spots - not by the water - for small RV's only.
Located in a maze of trees on a small winding road.
Cost of RV spots:
Showers and restrooms: ?
Places to let the dogs run without leashes: yes, on the one
trail. A sign says to leash your dogs, however.
Cabins: no
Length of trails: the one trail around the lake is about 2
miles?
Animals we saw: none
Sites to see inside the park: none.
Sites to see outside the park: none
Pros: very beautiful area.
Cons: small park.
Fishing:
Date built:
US Army Corps of Engineers facilities: no
Other info:
Nearest cities:
Dogs we took: Gap and Sache
Website:
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