Heron Lake State Park

State Park New Mexico

Visited October 2013

Heron Lake State Park is located in northern New Mexico about 15 miles south of Chama. It's a large park with nine campgrounds with a total of 304 campsites. This reviews deals with the Blanco Campground.

On our latest stop here we were on site 22. We had come to northern New Mexico to take a ride on the Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge Railroad.

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Heron Lake State Park

On our latest stop here we were on site 22. We had come to northern New Mexico to take a ride on the Cumbres & Toltec Narrow Gauge Railroad.

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Around the campground

It was pretty quiet here when we arrived the last week of October, 2011, on our first visit here - only two other... — It was pretty quiet here when we arrived the last week of October, 2011, on our first visit here - only two other campers, so we had plenty of sites from which to choose. Here we are on site 27.

Sites are large and generally well-separated from one another. Sites are fairly sunny but some shade can be found at most. These are sites 28, 26, and 25.

All the sites on the inside of the campground loop road are pull-throughs. The water and electric posts for these sites are on the passengers side of your RV, so extension cords and hoses may be needed. This is site 31.

Site 40 is one of the few with a ramada for relief from the hot sun of summer.

Site 53 is one of the larger sites, nicely shaded and quite private.

The bathhhouse was closed for the winter season. During the summer it provides free hot showers.

There are miles of trails along the lakeshore. Someone invested considerable time and hard work to line the path with rocks.

Unfortunately, campsites in the Blanco Campground do not have any view of the lake. There is a path down to the lake. Water levels fluctuate as water is released as necessary to augment the flow of the Rio Grande River.

The picture above this one was taken in the fall of 2011; two years later the water level is considerably lower.

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