Playas Lake

Playas Lake
Location of the lake in New Mexico, USA.
Location of the lake in New Mexico, USA.
Playas Lake
LocationHidalgo County, New Mexico
Coordinates31°52′27″N 108°35′08″W / 31.87417°N 108.58556°W / 31.87417; -108.58556
Typedry lake
Surface elevation4,278 feet (1,304 m)

Playas Lake is a dry lake or playa in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. It lies at an elevation of 4,278 feet (1,304 m). It consists of a long dry lake running north northwest south southeast within the Playas Valley between the Animas Mountains on the west and the Little Hatchet Mountains on the east.[1]