Landmarks & Attractions
New Mexico Landmarks and Attractions
New Mexico is the Land Of Enchantment for many reasons. You'll find the diversified culture fascinating and Beautiful. From Northern New Mexico to Southern New Mexico you'll be able to visit National Parks and enjoy vistas you'll remember for a lifetime and want to tell family and friends about. Day trips and weekend get aways will become a desirable pastime!
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Chaco Canyon National Historical Park
White Sands New Mexico Carlsbad Caverns The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Taos Ski Valley Inn of The Mountain Gods Bandelier National Monument Elephant Butte Jemez Springs Ruidoso Downs Golf New Mexico University of New Mexico Sandia Peak Ski and Tramway
Taos Ski Valley - World Class
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In the early 1950's Ernie and Rhoda Blake were living with their children in Santa Fe where Ernie was managing the brand new Santa Fe Ski Basin. As part of his job Ernie would fly his Cessna 170 into Southern Colorado to work at Santa Fe's sister ski area, Glenwood Springs. His dream was to have a ski resort of his own, so as he flew he searched for a place where he could begin building his vision. Eventually, he found an ideal spot, "the big snow basin north of Wheeler Peak in La Cal Basin. There was a tremendous snow basin...I thought it was an optical illusion." (Ernie Blake, Ski Pioneers)
After finding the perfect spot, Ernie moved his family to Taos Ski Valley in 1955. From a camper in the base area where they lived, the Blakes began to build what is now a world-class ski resort. The following are a few facts and stories about how TSV grew and about the people and experiences which give Taos Ski Valley its individual character.
Live Racing at Ruidoso Downs!
Live Racing at Ruidoso Downs Race Track will resume Memorial Day Weekend, May 23rd. We also invite you to join us for the 50th Anniversary running of the $2 Million All American Futurity on September 1st. Racing takes place Thursdays - Sundays with post time at 1pm.
Simulcast wagering is also available daily in "Billy's Race Book" located inside the Billy the Kid Casino.
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Elephant Butte, New Mexico's Largest Lake
New Mexico's Largest Lake, Elephant Butte
The largest and most popular lake in New Mexico, Elephant Butte Lake State Park provides a setting for every imaginable water sport. The visitor center offers regional interpretive exhibits. The mild climate of the area makes this park a popular year-round destination.
What’s in a Name?
Although fossils of the stegomastodon (a primitive relative of today’s elephant) have been discovered near the reservoir, the area was not named for its former and formidable inhabitants. The name "Elephant Butte" was derived from the eroded core of an ancient volcano, now an island in the reservoir, in the shape of an elephant.
New Mexico State Parks
1220 South St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
P.O. Box 1147
Santa Fe, NM 87504
P: (505) 476-3355
or 1-888-NMPARKS
(667-2757)
F: (505) 476-3361
New Mexico's Largest Lake, Elephant Butte
Inn of The Mountain Gods
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MESCALERO APACHE CULTURE
The Mescalero Apache Tribe owns and operates both the Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino and Ski Apache Ski Resort as well other Reservation-based enterprises. This Mescalero Apache Cultural brochure is presented here to familiarize Reservation visitors and our guests with Mescaleo Apache history, traditions and the current vision of our Tribe. You may also click here to view a full length video displaying the vast beauty of the Mescalero Apache Tribal Homelands.
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort and Casino
287 Carrizo Canyon Road
Mescalero , NM 88340
Toll-Free: (888) 324-0348
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Rairoad
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Hidden away in a little-known corner of the southern Rocky Mountains is a precious historic artifact of the American West that time forgot. Built in 1880 and little changed since, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is the finest and most spectacular example of steam era mountain railroading in North America. Its equipment, structures and vast landscape exist today as if frozen in the first half of the twentieth century.
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TRINITY SITE
Overview
Trinity Site is where the first atomic bomb was tested at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time on July 16, 1945. The 19 kiloton explosion not only led to a quick end to the war in the Pacific but also ushered the world into the atomic age. All life on Earth has been touched by the event which took place here.
The 51,500-acre area was declared a national historic landmark in 1975.
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Twice a year you can visit Trinity Site where the first atomic bomb exploded in 1945.
Trinity Site explosion, .016 seconds after explosion,
July 16, 1945 Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Jemez Springs, New Mexico
While vacationing or while taking a relaxing day trip learn about Jemez Springs and spend some time in many of the Hot Springs or Bath House located in Jemez Springs
Jemez Springs Bath House - Village owned and operated facilities providing indoor soaking tubs, wraps and massage.
575-829-3303
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Bandelier National Park, New Mexico
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Carlsbad Caverns
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Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta - Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Sandia Peak and Tramway
Visitors of Sandia Peak and Their Experiences
The world’s longest aerial tramway transports you above deep canyons and breathtaking terrain. See nature’s dramatic beauty unfold before you. At sunset the desert skies produce a spectacular array of color form the observation deck atop 10,378 foot Sandia Peak in the Cibola National Forest an 11,000 square-mile panoramic view of the “Land of Enchantment”.
Experience some of the longest cruising terrain available in New Mexico. Sandia Peak Ski Area offers 30 trails serviced by four chairlifts and a children's mitey mite.
The Ski Area is only 45 minute drive from the Albuquerque Metro area and fully equipped for a fun day on the slopes. Here you find Sandia Peak's certified snow sports school, a complete rental shop, skiers' cafe, and the Wintermill Ski Shop.
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Chaco Canyon National Historical Park
Chaco Canyon
Chaco Canyon National Historical Park
From AD 850 to 1250, Chaco Canyon served as a major urban center of ancestral Puebloan culture. Remarkable for its monumental public and ceremonial buildings, engineering feats, astronomy, artistic achievements, and distinctive architecture, it served as a hub of ceremony, trade, and administration for the prehistoric Four Corners area for 400 years--unlike anything before or since.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park preserves one of America's most significant and fascinating cultural and historic areas. It was a major center of ancestral Puebloan culture between AD 850 and 1250 and was a hub of ceremony, trade, and administration for the prehistoric Four Corners area - unlike anything before or since.
Chaco is remarkable for its monumental public and ceremonial buildings, and its distinctive architecture. To construct the buildings, along with the associated Chacoan roads, ramps, dams, and mounds, required a great deal of well organized and skillful planning, designing, resource gathering, and construction. The Chacoan people combined pre-planned architectural designs, astronomical alignments, geometry, landscaping, and engineering to create an ancient urban center of spectacular public architecture - one that still amazes and inspires us a thousand years later.
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