New Mexico / Pueblo de Cochiti / Kotyit / Sandoval County

Tetilla Peak

Closed — Closed for the 2024 season due to infrastructure improvements and remains closed through at least winter 2025. The campground historically operates seasonally from mid-April through mid-October.

About

Tetilla Peak Recreation Area is located on the east side of Cochiti Lake in Sandoval County, New Mexico, within the Pueblo de Cochiti Indian Reservation. The campground sits at 5,343 feet elevation in the high desert foothills of the Jemez Mountains, surrounded by piñon-juniper woodland and mixed grasslands. Cochiti Lake is one of two public recreation areas on the lake, with Cochiti Campground on the west side and Tetilla Peak on the east. The lake is formed by Cochiti Dam, one of the ten largest earth-fill dams in the United States. As a no-wake lake, Cochiti is ideal for paddle craft, sailing, and fishing for bass, crappie, walleye, catfish, sunfish, and pike. The campground offers sites with electric and water hookups as well as primitive tent sites. Each site typically includes a picnic table and fire ring. The area provides excellent wildlife viewing opportunities, with four osprey nesting platforms around the lake and frequent sightings of deer, coyote, river otters, rabbits, beavers, and occasionally bear. The Tetilla Peak boat ramp provides lake access during the operating season. Tent Rocks National Monument, known for fascinating geological formations, is located 23 miles away.

Directions

From Albuquerque, take I-25 north to exit 264. Travel west on State Road 16 to the Tetilla Peak Recreation Area/La Bajada Village turnoff and follow the paved road into the recreation area.

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