This 1.25-mile hike takes you through three distinct habitats in Trinidad Lake State Park: the piñon-juniper woodland, a stream-riparian area, and a wetland.
For birders, red-tailed hawks, American kestrels, great horned owls, mourning doves, and many migratory birds have been spotted here. Mule deer, coyotes, beavers, desert cottontails – and their tracks – are also common.
In Long’s Canyon, you can view the KT Boundary, the geological line that marks the end of the Mesozoic era of dinosaurs and the start of the Cenozoic period. Just below younger sandstone and coal layers, a thin layer of rock contains shocked quartz and iridium – evidence of the asteroid that collided with Earth.