Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area

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February 14, 2025 update: Santa Cruz Lake will reopen on February 15, 2025. The operating hours will be 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday - Monday. Thirty miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the snow-fed waters of the Rio del Medio and the Rio Frijoles begin a 2,000-mile journey and a 7,000-foot descent to the Gulf of America. For a time they gather at Santa Cruz Lake at the base of the Sangre de Cris...