Bottomless Lakes

New Mexico's First State Park

Bitter Lake

National Wildlife Refuge

Actually seven small park lakes bordered by high red bluffs, the park offers a variety of sports including hiking, swimming, fishing, and scuba diving.

For more information, visit the
Bottomless Lakes Web Site

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Native grasses, sand dunes, brushy bottomlands, seven lakes, and a red-rimmed plateau make up Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, winter home for thousands of migratory birds. The lakes on the refuge were formed within the ancient river beds of the Pecos River. These lakes store about 1,000 acres of water at their highest levels, while nearby marshland, mudflats, and the Pecos River provide an additional 24,500 acres of habitat. The refuge's namesake is a shallow playa lake, fed by small springs, that often goes dry during the summer, leaving only a white alkaline lake bed. The water from the springs is brackish and too bitter to drink, but is a favored roosting site for cranes and waterfowl.

For more information,
visit the Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge Web Site.

"The Alien Encounter Where Aliens Research Humans".  Corner of 8th & Main Street (across from McDonalds restraurant), Roswell, New Mexico.  (505) 623-4836.  Cost $5 a person.