Water fowl refuges are located in Casa Colorada and Bernardo and provide excellent bird watching. Tierra del Sol Country Club, a semiprivate operation open to the public, offers 18 holes with a driving range and putting and pitching greens. The area also offers recreational swimming, soccer, softball, volleyball, and tennis. Valley Improvement Association sponsors recreational programs. Sugar Bowl Lanes on Becker Avenue provides a chance to make a strike or spare.
Many people fish on the ditch banks and lakes offers a different type of opportunity for fishing.
A skateboard park is being designed for the city. The event is held in Los Lunas in the north-ern end of Valencia County. Part of the Cibola National Forest, the Manzanos provide beautiful trails and canyons for camping, exploring, horseback riding, hiking and backpacking. Elevations in the Manzano Mountains range from 6,000 in the foothills to 10,098 on Manzano Peak. A hiker can start out in the desert of central New Mexico and end up in a climate similar to the spruce fir forests of lower Canada because of elevation changes.