Cimarron Canyon and the Palisades: Two Billion Years in One Drive
The drive east from Angel Fire offers one of the finest geology lessons in northern New Mexico. Past Eagle Nest, U.S. Highway 64 follows the Cimarron River into Cimarron Canyon, where Cimarron Canyon State Park stretches from Eagle Nest Lake to Ute Park within the 33,116-acre Colin Neblett Wildlife Area. According to the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, the canyon exposes nearly two billion years of geologic history, written in cliffs and road cuts that an observer can learn to read.
