Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM
Morning at Site 34, Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM, November 2, 2011
Situated 16 miles north west of Fort Sumner NM off US 84, Sumner Lake State Park is a good sized park with several campgrounds set around the dam. Sumner Lake State Park offers many activities, such as camping, hiking, swimming, wildlife viewing and fishing. The lake is home for many warm water species including walleye, bass, crappie, and channel catfish.
Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM
- Verizon cell phone service - fairly good signal
- No Verizon EVDO service - connection is very slow.
- Go to Sumner Lake State Park website
- Go to Sumner Lake State Park on my Night Camps map
- Check the weather here
Nights I've camped here
- Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM
- Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM
- Thursday, November 3, 2011 - Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM
- Friday, November 4, 2011 - Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM
- Saturday, November 5, 2011 - Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM
- Sunday, November 6, 2011 - Sumner Lake State Park, Fort Sumner NM
An Apache Defilade in the Florida Mountains
Today, I'm searching for a place in the Floridas I'd found two years ago. It wasn't much, but I'd seen it a week earlier, and wanted to check it out again. I feel at peace here, in these rugged mountains, as if I'd always been here.