The lake level from the published gauge or the dam operator is in the readings below, with its time and datum.
Navajo Lake is a lake or reservoir in New Mexico.
7 guides nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Navajo Dam & the San Juan.
Navajo Lake from Navajo Lake State Park, New Mexico. Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Navajo Lake is a lake or reservoir in New Mexico. Our destination hub Navajo Dam & the San Juan is 20 mi away in a straight line and lists it among its waters.
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Navajo Lake: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Navajo Lake, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Navajo Lake in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Catch and releaseThe Piedra River in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Colorado · about 5 mi
Catch and releaseThe San Juan River between Navajo Dam and the community of Navajo Dam, New Mexico. Photo: Phil Slattery, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
New Mexico · about 23 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Sixto CreekThe Cimarron River at Springer, New Mexico, looking upstream. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sixto Creek.
New Mexico · about 40 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Nabor CreekThe Pecos River in Pecos National Historical Park, New Mexico. Photo: SonoranDesertNPS from Tucson, Arizona, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Nabor Creek.
New Mexico · about 42 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Rio ChamitaThe Rio Grande near South Fork, Colorado. Photo: Kevin Stroup, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rio Chamita.
New Mexico · about 43 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Rio ChamaThe Los Pinos River in La Plata County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rio Chama.
New Mexico · about 48 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
USGS name: Navajo Reservoir
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
90.2 of 172 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
4 guides name it on their website
Navajo Dam, NM · 23 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · San Juan & Navajo Lake
Names this water
Navajo Dam, NM · 23 mi
Float trips · Drift boat · San Juan & Navajo Lake
Names this water
Blanco, NM · 28 mi
San Juan & Navajo Lake
Names this water
Farmington, NM · 45 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · San Juan & Navajo Lake
Names this water
Navajo Dam, NM · 22 mi
Float trips · Beginners & lessons · San Juan River
Nearby
Navajo Dam, NM · 23 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · San Juan River
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
What 5 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 5 nearby guide websites
1 hatch charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.
Green drake (June to July)
Navajo Dam is the small community below Navajo Dam on the San Juan River in north-west New Mexico; Navajo Lake reaches north into Colorado, and the river runs on past Blanco and Bloomfield toward Farmington.
Destination hub · 20 mi away in a straight line
A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Navajo Lake.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Navajo Reservoir” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Bureau of Reclamation
Daily value for Wed, Nov 4 · feet above sea level, as Reclamation publishes it
Dam releases and lake levels are the operators' own provisional numbers, shown as published; observations refresh at most every 15 minutes and schedules hourly. Schedules can change without notice.
Checked Nov 5, 4:21 PM MST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Catch and releaseThe Piedra River in Hinsdale County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Running well nowThe San Juan River between Navajo Dam and the community of Navajo Dam, New Mexico. Photo: Phil Slattery, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Sixto CreekThe Cimarron River at Springer, New Mexico, looking upstream. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sixto Creek.
New Mexico · about 40 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Nabor CreekThe Pecos River in Pecos National Historical Park, New Mexico. Photo: SonoranDesertNPS from Tucson, Arizona, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Nabor Creek.
New Mexico · about 42 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Rio ChamitaThe Rio Grande near South Fork, Colorado. Photo: Kevin Stroup, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rio Chamita.
New Mexico · about 43 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Rio ChamaThe Los Pinos River in La Plata County, Colorado. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Rio Chama.
New Mexico · about 48 mi
