Elephant Butte Lake State Park

State: New Mexico

Address 1: P.O. Box 13

City: Elephant Butte

Zip: 87935

Phone: (575) 744-5923

Open all Year: Yes

Number of Sites: 132

Electric: 98

Camp URL: http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/elephant.htm

Full Hook: Yes

Encompassing the largest and most popular lake in New Mexico, Elephant Butte Lake State Park provides camping, boating, water skiing, swimming, fishing, hiking and bird watching. The visitor center offers regional information and interpretive exhibits. Southern New Mexico’s mild climate makes this park a popular year-round destination.

Elephant Butte Reservoir, created by a dam constructed in 1916 across the Rio Grande, is 40 miles long with more than 200 miles of shoreline. Although constructed to provide for irrigation and flood control, the lake is New Mexico’s premier water recreation facility. A wide variety of water sports are available at the lake, with fishing being one of the most popular. The mild climate of the area makes this park a popular year-round destination.

Elephant Butte Lake State Park headquarters are five miles north of Truth or Consequences via I-25 exit 83.