Santa Rosa Lake State Park is a
state park that opened in 1981 in
Guadalupe County, New Mexico
Guadalupe County ( es, Condado de Guadalupe) is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,687, making it the fifth-least populous county in New Mexico. Its county seat is Santa Rosa.
History
Guada ...
. The park elevation is above sea level. The park is located north of the town of
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name for Saint Rose.
Santa Rosa may also refer to:
Places Argentina
*Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city
* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, La Pampa
* S ...
via New Mexico Route 91.
Nature
Animals
The park features the large
Santa Rosa Reservoir that is home to various fish species including
largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, bu ...
,
catfish
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive ...
and
walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...
.
Flora
Juniper and
pinyon are the dominant trees species in the park
Gallery
File:Looking north northeast over Santa Rosa Lake State Park on 4 December 2022.jpg, Looking north-northeast over Santa Rosa Lake State Park
File:The earthen dam and tower at Santa Rosa Lake State Park in New Mexico on 4 December 2022.jpg, The earthen dam and tower
References
External links
Santa Rosa Lake State Park
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State parks of New Mexico
Parks in Guadalupe County, New Mexico
Santa Rosa, New Mexico