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Petroglyph National Monument Visitor center, Albuquerque, NM 87048 505.899.0205 |
Beneath the stumps of five extinct volcanoes, this park encompasses more than 25,000 ancient Native American rock drawings inscribed on the 17-mi-long West Mesa escarpment overlooking the Rio Grande Valley. For centuries... more
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El Malpais National Monument Grants, NM |
El Malpais is located about 20 miles south of Grants, New Mexico and is a National Monument that explores a region that was once home to an active volcano. The lterrain is now covered with volcanic rocks...
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White Sands National Monument P.O. Box 1086, Las Cruces, NM |
Nestled in the Southern Rocky Mountains in Central New Mexico is one of the best kept secrets of Southwest travel... Ruidoso. This mountain village offers an incredible variety of entertainment for the whole family. On t... more
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Bandelier National Monument Highway 4 (Near Los Alamos), Santa Fe, NM |
Having visited the Puye cliff dwellings 20 years ago, I wasn't sure that I wouldn't be just seeing more of the same at Bandelier when my wife and I visited in late September. But maybe it's the sensitivities...
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Cochiti Pueblo, NM 87104 505.761.8700 |
Two main rock units are exposed in the monument. The older unit is the white to orangish-tan Peralta Tuff Member of the Bearhead Rhyolite and the younger unit is the gray Cochiti Formation. The uppermost part of the Pera... more
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Capulin Volcano National Monument 58 miles west of Clayton, also via US Hwy64/87, Des Moines, NM 88424 505.278.2201 |
Have you ever wanted to walk into a volcano? Capulin Volcano is one of the few places in the world where you can do that. A 2-mile road spirals to the summit, ending at a parking area, where two self-guiding trails begin... more
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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Route 11, Box 100, Silver City, NM 88034 505.536.9461 |
I visited Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in late winter of 1992. The highway from Silver City to the monument was narrow with many curves, and there was a light covering of snow along the upper...
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El Morro National Monument About 15 miles east of Ramah, El Morro National Monument, NM 87020 505.783.4226 |
We visited El Morro National Monument on October 4, 2006 and it was a fantastic visit. El Morro is a Mesa, located about 40 miles south of Grants, New Mexico (off of highway 40 in the Northwest quadrant...
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Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument P.O. Box 517, Albuquerque, NM 87102 505.847.2585 |
These rarely visited ruins provide a unique glimpse into history. The Spanish conquistadors Salinas Jurisdiction, on the east side of the Manzano Mountains (southeast of Albuquerque), was an important 17th-century trade ... more
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Aztec Ruins National Monument P. O. Box 640, Aztec, NM 87401 505.334.6174 |
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