Site of Lucien Maxwell & Kit Carson's 1848 fortified settlement. Carson's reconstructed home offers a glimpse of 1850
Cimarron, NM MuseumsNature photography, fishing, wildlife viewing, picnicking. Waterfowl, eagles, prairie dog town. ...
Santa Fe National Historic Trail certified, SFT wagon ruts, 11 graves, historic Indian campsites, history lore, rock/mineral ...
Features Cimarron Palisades, 400-foot-high crenellated granite formations. Campsites, rainbow/brown trout fishing...
Take NM 406 north to NM 456, 40 miles north of Clayton....
Northern pike, trout, catfish....