Location

Fenton Lake State Park

455 Fenton Lake Rd, Jemez Springs, NM 87025

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Access notes

A small trout lake in the Jemez Mountains ringed by ponderosa pine, with day use, camping, and non-motorised boating. Snow closes the access road in winter.

Parking

Day-use lots at the lake shore.

Filmed Here

The Man Who Fell to Earth

What Was Filmed Here

The Man Who Fell to Earth· 1976

The mountain lake

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Fenton Lake surrounded by forested Jemez Mountains — Kevin Stewart · CC BY 2.0

What happened here

The pine-ringed lake in the Jemez supplies the film's water imagery, the counterpoint to the dune sequences shot in the south of the state.