Chicosa Lake State Park closed in April 1996 because of excessive drawdown of the water table and subsequent drying of the lake; the animals were moved to Las Cruces and the land was given to the city of Roy. Chicosa Lake was an important natural waterhole on the Goodnight-Loving cattle trail. Chicosa Lake, at an elevation of 5,900 ft, is about 7 miles northeast of Roy, about 40 miles east of Wagon Mound, and I-25 via NM-120.