Villanueva State Park, New Mexico

Villanueva State Park

Suthwest region of New Mexico Nestled between high red sandstone bluffs along the Pecos River, near the picturesque Spanish Colonial village of Villanueva, lies Villanueva State Park. Villanueva State Park is a charming riverside park situated in a canyon of red and yellow sandstone cliffs. Towering cottonwoods and a variety of other native trees and shrubs add additional color to the landscape.

The park's adobe-style picnic shelters are designed and grouped to resemble a Spanish hamlet, similar to those that existed in the area in earlier times. A footbridge gives hikers access to trails leading to other sites in the park, including a prehistoric Indian ruin and a cliff-top vantage point.

Villanueva State Park
P.O. Box 40
Villanueva, NM 87583
Phone: (575) 421-2957
www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/Villanueva.htm