Trout Lakes

US Forest Service · New Mexico

Trout Lakes in New Mexico. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 199 public campsites we map in New Mexico.

Trout Lakes contains 12primitive campsites and access roads within the campground. Sites are best suited for tent camping and small campers/camp trailers. Three lakes provide fishing opportunities amid a setting of quiet conifers and aspen. Summer’s quiet beauty turns to gold as autumn touches the aspen and rewards campers lingering in the area.Safety InformationAccess road to Trout Lakes is extremely hazardous when wet. This road is graveled from U.S. Highway 84 for three miles. The remainder is not graveled and is extremely slick and hazardous when wet.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Booking

first-come, first-served

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Number of sites

35

Coordinates

36.60887, -106.38282

Nearest sites we map

• Lower Canjilon Lakes Cg7 km · US Forest Service
• Canjilon Lakes7 km · US Forest Service
• Hopewell Cg17 km · US Forest Service
• Hopewell Lake Campground17 km · US Forest Service
• El Rito Campground--Group Shelter26 km · US Forest Service
• Upper / Lower Lagunitas Campgrounds31 km · US Forest Service

Source: US Forest Service, dated 2025-07-31, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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