Clayton Lake State Park
Union County New Mexico
Photo by NM State Parks
The Clayton Lake State Park was created in 1955 when NM Dept. of Game & Fish dammed Cieneguilla Creek. A favorite recreational spot in northeast New Mexico where swimming, fishing, boating and hiking are available. This 170-acre lake is open May-November. A short trail overlooks a rare, 100-million year-old dinosaur trackway containing one of the most extensive dinosaur trackways in North America of more than 500 footprints from 8 species of
dinosaurs including handprints of a flying pterodactyl.
Location Information
- View the Google Map for this site (lat-long decimal degrees, NAD27) 36.57337 -103.30113
Contact Information
- Clayton Lake State Park
- RR Box 20
- Seneca, NM 88437
- (505)374-8808
- www.claytonlakestatepark.com/
