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Enchanting New Mexico

• New Mexico’s longest stretch of highway is Interstate 25 .... more than 462 miles.
• Nine states – Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Delaware combined could fit within New Mexico's state lines.

• Tourists are the import into Carlsbad Caverns. Bat guano is an economic export.
• During the Years surrounding the Lincoln County War gunfight obituaries were found in the local paper in their own section, as a condensed monthly summary.

• The word “Mexico” is an Aztec word for “Place of Mexitli,” an Aztec god.

• Ten miles south of Raton is the National Rifle Association’s most extensive firing range in the US – 33,000 acres and 14 shooting ranges.

• The Gold Rush started in the Ortiz Mountains of New Mexico 20 years before the California Gold Rush.

• Six of the earth’s seven “life zones” can be found in New Mexico. And weekend visitors can snow ski and water ski on the same trip.




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From dinosaurs to volcanos to Native American Anasazi ruins, New Mexico is famous for its natural beauty and its ancient past. Its mountains, deserts, lakes, and forests offer endless recreational opportunities. The remains of New Mexico's ancient civilizations offer an evocative glimpse of the lives of centuries past. New Mexico's monuments and museums chronicle these historic events.

Visitors can discover New Mexico's culture among the ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs. The state is home to 22 Indian tribes - 19 Pueblos, two Apache and part of the Navajo Nation. Most are within an hour’s drive of Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city.

Albuquerque is considered the “Ballooning Capital of the World” because of the excellent flying conditions, number of resident hot-air balloonists and the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta®. Mild winters and warm comfortable summers make Albuquerque a year-round city with trekking, horseback riding and more. The American International Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque is home to the largest collection of live rattlesnakes in the world. For children there are Cliff’s Amusement Park, The Beach Waterpark, and the Hinkle Family Fun Center. Albuquerque's hotels, motels, resorts and inns are perfect for getaways of any duration.

Founded in 1610, Santa Fe is the second oldest city in the United States and is considered both the highest – 7,000 feet above sea level – and oldest capital city in the USA. Santa Fe is said to be the second largest art market in the USA based on sales with over 250 art galleries and dealers in town.

Taos is an Indian Pueblo, a Spanish village, a world-class ski resort, rich with art and steeped in history. The adobe Taos Pueblo, the most scenic and northernmost of all the pueblos, has been inhabited for more than 700 years.

Alamogordo is home to Trinity Site, the spot where the world’s first atomic bomb exploded.

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Alamogordo Home to Trinity Site, the spot where the world’s first atomic bomb exploded. The Space Center is a museum complex which includes a Space Museum, Planetarium, IMAX Dome Theater, and the International Space Hall of Fame.

Nearby is White Sands National Monument with its white gypsum sand dunes. ALAMOGORDO HOTELS


Albuquerque New Mexico's largest city and the entryway for most visitors. Just minutes from the heart of Albuquerque, the world's longest aerial tramway lifts visitors to the breathtaking top of Sandia Peak. ALBUQUERQUE HOTELS

Attractions include the National Atomic Museum, the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, which has major dinosaur specimens, and the American International Rattlesnake Museum. For children there are Cliff’s Amusement Park, The Beach Waterpark, and the Hinkle Family Fun Center.

Further attractions include the new Explora Science Center & Children's Museum, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, and The Turquoise Trail, a designated a Scenic Byway between Santa Fe and Albuquerque. ALBUQUERQUE HOTELS

Angel Fire A tranquil, year-round resort smack dab in the middle of wooded wilderness and a high mountain valley. ANGEL FIRE HOTELS


Aztec Visitors can take a self-guided tour of the Aztec Ruins National Monument which reserves the structures and artifacts of Anasazi people from the 1100's through 1200s. The Aztec Museum includes the Pioneer Village. AZTEC HOTELS


Carlsbad The Carlsbad Caverns National Park, with over 85 known caves, is one of the largest caves in the world. CARLSBAD HOTELS


Chama Here visitors can ride the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, a 64-mile trip on the longest and highest elevation narrow-gauge steam railroad in the country.


Corrales Home to the Casa San Ysidro: The Gutiérrez/Minge House with its collection of Colonial and Territorial period artifacts. CORRALES HOTELS


Deming Visitors can re-live in their minds the hardship and danger of early frontier life on the four-day loop Butterfield Trail. There are free take-home samples at the Rock Hound State Park. DEMING HOTELS


Farmington Surrounded by major cultural treasures and landscapes, Farmington offers attractions including the experimental farm, ranch and wildlife preserve at B-Square Range, and the oddly sculpted, eroded shale and sandstone in Bisti Wilderness. The Four Corners Monument is a slab which designates the site where New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado meet.

Northeast of Farmington at Crownpoint is the Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a remote canyon that contains 13 major ruins. Also nearby is Shiprock Pinnacle, a rock formation that rises 1,700ft. from the desert floor and which the Navajos call "Tse Bit'a'i'" – rock with wings. FARMINGTON HOTELS


Fort Sumner This is where Billy the Kid was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in July 14, 1881 and the Billy the Kid Museum is filled with historic relics and Kid memorabilia. Fort Sumner State Monument is the site of Navajo and Apache confinement in the 1860s. FORT SUMNER HOTELS


Gallup A fountainhead for original, authentic Indian arts and crafts. East of town, Red Rock Museum in Red Rock State Park interprets the unique cultures of the Native Americans of the region. Red Rock State Park is the site of Gallup's annual balloon rally. GALLUP HOTELS


Grants Here visitors can probe the wonders of the New Mexico Museum of Mining and walk through a replica of an uranium mine, see the volcanic cone at Bandera Center/Ice Caves, and enjoy the beauty of lava beds, ice caves and volcanic craters in the “Badlands” at El Malpais National Monument.

Southwest of Grants is El Morro National Monument where the soft-surfaced rocks contain the etchings and carvings of both historic and ancient indigenous peoples. Southeast is Acoma Pueblo, North America’s oldest continuously inhabited Indian Pueblo, nicknamed ?Sky City? for its position on top of a mesa. GRANTS HOTELS


Las Cruces The Original Townsite Historic District has small abodes in green, pink and blue. Attractions include Fort Selden State Monument, the former home of the Buffalo Soldiers who protected the Mesailla Valley from Indian attacks, and the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum which chronicles the 3,000-year history of New Mexico's agricultural and rural life. Nearby is Mesilla, a village which is much the same as it was one hundred years ago. This is where Billy the Kid was tried for murder. LAS CRUCES HOTELS


Las Vegas Over 900 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Fort Union National Monument in Watrous was built to guard the Santa Fe Trail. LAS VEGAS HOTELS


Mountainair Here the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument is the backdrop to the ruins of three Spanish missions and ancient pueblos.


Native American New Mexico Rich in pueblos and reservations: Acoma Pueblo is situated on a 367-foot-high sandstone rock, Cochití Pueblo is perched on conical spires, Jémez Pueblo is surrounded by colorful red sandstone mesas, the Navajo Reservation is known for Navajo rugs, sand paintings, jewelry, and other traditional crafts at trading posts, Pojoaque Pueblo is where the Poeh Cultural Center preserves and nurtures the traditional arts of the Tewa-speaking pueblos, Taos Pueblo is the most scenic and northernmost of all the pueblos, and Zuni Pueblo was the first stop in the infamous search for the "Seven Cities of Cibola" by the Spanish in 1539.


Pecos – Pecos National Park contains both mission and pueblo ruins.


Raton At the foot of Raton Pass on the Historic Santa Fe Trail, Raton is the home of the NRA Whittington Center, the most comprehensive shooting facility in America, and Sugarite Canyon State Park. East of Raton is the Capulin Volcano National Monument. RATON HOTELS


Rio Rancho Adjacent to Albuquerque and 40 minutes south of Santa Fe, Rio Rancho offers an exciting line up of attractions, events, history, culture, sports, outdoor activities, and a wide choice of affordable lodging,dining, and shopping. RIO RANCHO HOTELS


Roswell Said to be the “UFO Capital of the World”. The International UFO Museum and Research Center is ideal for the serious and curious wanting to know more about the Roswell incident of 1947. ROSWELL HOTELS


Ruidoso The first stop in Ruidoso is at the Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway Visitors Center probably followed by the Anne C. Stradling Museum of the Horse. Nearby are the Fox Caves where Billy the Kid hid. RUIDOSO HOTELS


Santa Fe The capital of New Mexico has a variety of museums including The Museum of New Mexico which oversees four museums in Santa Fe, among them the Museum of International Folk Art, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture, and the Palace of the Governors which chronicles history with exhibits that reflect Spanish colonial, Mexican and Territorial period lifestyles. SAN TA FE HOTELS



Taos Rich with art and steeped in history preserved in seven museums including the Kit Carson Home and Museum. The picturesque, multi-storied adobe Taos Pueblo, the most scenic and northernmost of all the pueblos, just north of Taos, inhabited for more than 700 years, is still a thriving community. TAOS HOTELS


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