Boating, flat water kayaking, canoeing and fishing.  Swimming is prohibited as per a Lease agreement with the City of Raton since the lakes are a public water supply storage. Kayaking to the northwest side of Lake Maloya will find places to land, lunch and hike.

Ramp and lake conditions are generally excellent year around due to it’s dedication to City Water Supply use and not irrigation. It generally does not vary from full to down from full by only about 3 feet.

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One at the boat ramp for boat use only.

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Southeast end of the lake

Rainbow trout

The prime time for viewing from kayak or canoe is spring and fall when the small lake is still unfrozen.  Boaters may see migrating waterfowl, ospreys and bald eagles, mallard, Canada geese, American coot and Western grebe. Other part-time and full-time feathered residents include the belted kingfisher, spotted sandpiper, great horned owl, Cooper’s hawk, barn swallow, downy and hairy woodpecker, Northern flicker, rufous hummingbird (seasonal migrant arriving after July 4), broad-tailed hummingbird, spotted towhee, Western tanager, house finch, gray-headed junco, black-capped and mountain chickadee, Steller’s jay, Western scrub-jay, house and canyon wrens, and common raven.

Lake Maloya also has a shoreline set of wildlife to view. Cottontail rabbits can be viewed year-round on the west side of Lake Maloya. Still more wildlife species call this area home: raccoon, porcupine, short-tailed weasel, Albert, Douglas’ and rock squirrels, least chipmunk, striped skunk, and little brown bat.

Check out the Game & Fish Department for further information.

Paddle or oar powered, sail and electric motors only are allowed on the lake per New Mexico State Park Regulation 16.8 “Sugarite Canyon: Gas powered boats are prohibited on Lake Maloya; All boating is prohibited on Lake Alice.”

New Mexico State Parks

New Mexico State Park Manages all land around Lake Maloya.

(575) 445-5607