Lake Sumner, NM

Lake Sumner is a census-designated place in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. The 2020 census counted 72 residents. Lake Sumner is located in northern De Baca County and surrounds Lake Sumner, a reservoir formed by Sumner Dam on the Pecos River. Sumner Lake State Park occupies the east and west sides of the lake at its south end, near the outlet. A newcomer can read Lake Sumner through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Lake Sumner comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines.