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► Alameda
Park and Zoo
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The
Cloud-Climbing Rail Trail
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Desert Lakes
Golf Course
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Founder's Park
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Kid's Kingdom
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Lincoln
National Forest
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New
Mexico Museum of Space History
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► Old Town
Alamogordo
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Oliver
Lee State Park
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Performing Arts
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Three Rivers
Petroglyph Site and Recreation Area
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Toy Train Depot
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Alamogordo Museum of History
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White
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ALAMEDA PARK AND ZOO -
http://ci.alamogordo.nm.us/Zoo/coaALAMEDAPARKZOO.html
Alameda Park & Zoo is the oldest zoo in the Southwest. It was established
in 1898 by the railroad. The zoo contains about 300 animals of 90
different species. The zoo has a playground area and shaded
picnic tables that are included in the entry fee.
Hours
9 am to 5 pm every day except Christmas & New Years Day.
505-439-4290 |
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THE
CLOUD-CLIMBING RAIL TRAIL -
http://www.nmrailstotrails.org
About 10 miles of the old, abandoned Alamogordo and Sacramento Mountain
Railroad grade that runs from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft have been converted
to rail trails in various sections, and are open to the public. The sections
are separately accessable and have different degrees of difficulty, from
easy walking at a grade of less than 6% to an eight mile loop that consists
of an elevation change of about 1,000 feet and a few steep slopes. The rail
trail highlights include magnificent panoramic overviews of the surrounding
areas, 100 year-old wooden railroad trestles and culverts, impressive
geologic formations, running streams, and five climatic and vegetation
zones, rising from Chihauhaun desert to a sub-alpine landscape. Most of the
rail trail sections have shelters, benches, and large interpretive,
educational signs that explain the main features of the area. For more
information and maps to the different sections, click on the following link:
www.nmrailstotrails.org.
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DESERT LAKES GOLF COURSE -
http://www.desertlakesgolf.com/
Desert
Lakes Golf Course is a true “desert” beauty with the Sacramento Mountains
in the background. This is quickly emerging as one of the finest
18-hole golf courses in southern New Mexico. It recently was renovated
to make it a more challenging and beautiful course. After a round
or two, relax in the lounge and restaurant and enjoy the people and scenery.
Open
7- days per week weather permitting.
505-437-0290 |
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FOUNDERS PARK
Founders
Park was started in 1998 during Alamogordo’s centennial celebration to
honor some of the people and cultures involved in the establishment of
the City. In the park, you will find several bronze sculptures by
local artists including one featuring the three cultures most responsible
for today’s Alamogordo-Native American, Spanish Conquistador and American
Cowboy. Located at the corner of US 54/70 and 10th Street. FREE |
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KID'S KINGDOM
Kids
Kingdom is a play area built to provide children with a creative, challenging
and imaginative playscape. It’s a perfect spot to let your children
unwind during your stay in Alamogordo. You may also want to bring
along a picnic lunch. FREE. Located just off of Indian Wells
Road between Oregon & Washington Ave. |
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LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST -
http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/lincoln/
Located in South Central New Mexico, the
Lincoln National Forest is known as the birthplace of the world-famous Smokey
Bear, the living symbol of the campaign to prevent forest fires. The original
bear is buried in Capitan, New Mexico.
The Lincoln consists of three ranger districts: the Sacramento, Smokey Bear and
Guadalupe. There are three major mountain ranges: Sacramento, Guadalupe and
Capitan that cover 1,103,441 acres in four different counties in Southeastern
New Mexico. Elevations of 4,000 to 11,500 feet pass through five different life
zones from Chihuahuan desert to sub alpine
forest. Vegetation ranges from rare cacti in the lower elevations to Engelmann
spruce in the higher elevations.
Temperatures also vary with elevation. At higher elevations, 7,000 feet and up,
summer nights are a chilly 40 degrees F. and days are a warm 78 degrees F.,while
winter temperatures can drop to 15 degrees F. at night and rise to 40-50
degrees F. during the day. At lower elevations, 6,0000-7,000 feet, winter
temperatures rarely fall below 0 degrees F. and usually run from teens to 50's
F. Summer temperatures range from 50 degrees to 85 degrees F. At the lowest
elevations, 4,000 to 6,000 feet, temperatures are generally 10 degrees higher
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NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF
SPACE HISTORY -
http://www.spacefame.org
Formerly
known as the Space Center and International Space Hall of Fame, this facility
operates as a part of the New Mexico Office of Cultural Affairs and was
opened in 1976. The neighboring Clyde W. Tombaugh Space Theater is
outfitted with a 40-foot wrap-around OMNIMAX screen and audio system.
Visitors tour a model 2001 space station. Also, adjacent to the complex
is the John P. Stapp Air and Space Park with a collection of historic space
items such as the Sonic Wind I rocket sled. The NMMSH is located on
Hwy 2001 off of Scenic Drive.
Open
7-days per week.
505-437-2840
Toll Free: 877-333-6589 |
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OLD TOWN ALAMOGORDO
Old
Town Alamogordo has a variety of retail shops on New York Avenue.
The buildings are of the early 20th Century and contain many different
architectural designs. |
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OLIVER LEE MEMORIAL
STATE PARK -
http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/nmparks
Named
for Oliver Milton Lee, a pioneer southern New Mexico rancher and state
legislator, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park is located at the mouth of Dog
Canyon in the rugged Sacramento Mountains south of Alamogordo. Water
flows year-round in Dog Canyon, creating a quiet green oasis in contrast
to the surrounding prickly desert setting. The 180-acre canyon was
an early Apache stronghold, and records show that at least five major battles
occurred in the area between government troops and Mescalero Apaches.
For many centuries, visitors have been drawn to this place of surprising
beauty. Oliver Lee Memorial State Park is located 12 miles south
of Alamogordo via US 54.
505-437-8284 |
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PERFORMING ARTS
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http://www.zianet.com/flickinger
Performing
Arts -- Alamogordo is also the home of the Flickinger Center for the Performing
Arts, Alamogordo Music Theater and the
Community Concert series. |
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THREE RIVERS
PETROGLYPH SITE AND RECREATION AREA
The Three Rivers Petroglyphs Site is
one of the few locations in the Southwest set aside solely because of its rock
art. The number and concentration of petroglyphs here make it one of the largest
and most interesting petroglyph sites in the Desert Southwest. More than 21,000
glyphs of birds, humans, animals, fish, insects and plants, as well as numerous
geometric and abstract designs are scattered over 50 acres of New Mexico's
northern Chihuahuan Desert.
Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Las Cruces Field Office, 1800 Marquess,
Las Cruces, NM 88005. Phone (505) 525-4300. Recreation area phone: (505)
585-3458. This number also has a recording about the site and a recorder to
leave messages. Two RV sites are $10 each night. |
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THE TOY TRAIN DEPOT -
http://www.toytraindepot.homestead.com/
The
Toy Train Depot has a small-scale train ride departing every 30 minutes
from the depot, circling Alameda Park. Hundreds of model train and
toy trains are on display inside the 100-year-old depot, including a 1,000
square foot HO layout depicting Alamogordo in the 1940’s. The Toy
Train Depot houses the smallest scaled working train in the world.
Hours
are noon to 5 pm Wednesday through Sunday.
505-437-2855 |
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ALAMOGORDO MUSEUM OF HISTORY -
http://www.alamogordomuseum.org
Tularosa
Basin Historical Museum is adjacent to the Alameda Park & Zoo.
Large display of articles and photos of the history and early days of the
area. Open 10 am to 4 pm Monday - Friday; 10 am to 3 pm on Saturday.
Closed Sundays. 505-434-4438
FREE |
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WHITE SANDS NATIONAL
MONUMENT -
http://www.nps.gov/whsa/
http://www.white-sands-new-mexico.com
At the northern end of the Chihuahua Desert lies a mountain-ringed valley known
as the Tularosa Basin. Rising from the heart of this basin is one of the
world’s great natural wonders -- the glistening white sands of New Mexico.
White Sands is New Mexico’s number one National Monument attraction. Here,
great wave-like dunes of gypsum cover nearly 300 square miles of desert.
The dunes are ever changing, growing, cresting,
then slumping, but always advancing. Slowly, relentlessly, the sand
covers all. White Sands National Monument preserves a major portion of
the world’s largest gypsum dune field, along with the plants and animals
that have successfully adapted to this harsh environment. The Monument
is located on U. S. Highway 70, fifteen miles west of Alamogordo.
Open
daily except Christmas.
505-479-6124 |
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