Wildflowers along the stream at Coyote Creek State Park

Coyote Creek State Park is located in a remote area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Angel Fire and Mora, New Mexico. The 462-acre state park is bisected by Coyote Creek, probably the most densely stocked trout stream in all New Mexico. This is a heavily forested area and the campsites are spread out to give folks more privacy than is usual in a state park setting.

Coyote Creek State Park offers a visitor center, group picnic shelter and 47 developed campsites, 17 of which offer electric hookups. There are restrooms and showers in the camping area with a playground nearby. The park also offers a centrally located RV dump station. For activities there's fishing, picnicking, hiking and wildlife watching.

Coyote Creek State Park is open 24 hours a day, every day. To get there: go 17 miles north of Mora on New Mexico Highway 434.

Fees: Day-use: $5 per vehicle; Pedestrians and bicyclists get in free. Camping: Primitive sites: $8 per site per night. Developed sites: $10 per site per night. Developed site with either electric or sewer: $14 per site per night. Developed site with both electric and sewer: $18 per site per night. Water hookups aren't always available but when they are, they're free.

Coyote Creek State Park
Coyote Creek State Park
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