Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Pinyon Jay, Virginia’s Warbler, and Grace’s Warbler. 

Tall ponderosa pines and towering red sandstone cliffs surround Ramah Lake. The 100-acre lake is a serene, peaceful, extremely beautiful place for picnics, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing.

The Mormon pioneers of Ramah Valley labored to build the earthen dam in 1894 for irrigation. During the latter part of the 19th century, the valley’s fields provided the entire potato crop for the city of Gallup. The dam failed twice, once in 1897 and again in 1905 because of heavy runoff during the spring thaws.

Ramah Lake is 2.5 miles northeast of Ramah. From NM-53 in Ramah, turn north on Bloomfield Road and follow it out of town, to a Ramah Lake road sign, where you turn right and follow the dirt road to the parking area.