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Bluewater Lake State Park
Nature preserve
392 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Outdoors · Bluewater
Bluewater, NM parks, trails & bike paths
About 15% of Bluewater is conserved land, roughly 1,170 acres. There are about 16 miles of mapped trails, and the biggest networks are in Bluewater Lake State Park (0.5 mi) and Cibola National Forest (0.5 mi).
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Bluewater, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Bluewater outdoors
Conserved land
15%
1,170 of 7,852 acres
Trails
16 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 2 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
2
named on the map
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Cibola National Forest
Managed by United States Forest Service
74 acres0.5 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Trails
Named trails
- County Road 142.1 mi
- Seewald Court0.3 mi
Who protects the land
1,170 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Bluewater
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
State Resource Management Area 716 acState Park 396 acNational Forest 74 ac
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Trust LandState Resource Management Area | State land board | 716 | Open |
| Bluewater Lake State ParkState Park | State parks | 396 | Open |
| Cibola National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 74 | Open |
Nearby
Bluewater and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluewater | 14.9% | 15.5 mi | 2 |
| Las Tusas | 37.4% | 6.9 mi | 2 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Bluewater's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 20-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.