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April 2000 Two entrances (right and straight ahead) to Bottomless Lakes State Park from NM Hwy 409, mile marker 3. The road loops around a series of 7 lakes. These lakes, actually sinkholes ranging in depth from 17' to 90', were formed when circulating underground water dissolved salt and gypsum deposits to form subterranean caverns. When the roofs of the caverns collapsed from their own weight, sinkholes resulted and soon filled with water. The illusion of great depth and greenish blue color are created by algae and other aquatic plants covering the lake bottoms. In the 1800s, the lakes were a stopover for cowboys herding cattle through the New Mexico territory on the Goodnight-Loving Trail. After the cowboys tried without success to find the bottom of the lakes with their lariats tied together, they dubbed the lakes "bottomless." The lariats were actually swept aside by underwater currents. Bottomless Lakes State Park was dedicated in 1933, the first area set aside as a state park in New Mexico. |
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