Top 10. Tourist Attractions & Things to Do in Alamogordo, New Mexico
Top 10. Tourist Attractions & Things to Do in Alamogordo, New Mexico: White Sands National Monument, New Mexico Museum of Space History, Oliver Lee Memorial State Park, Alameda Park Zoo, International Space Hall of Fame, Toy Train Depot, Shroud Exhibit and Museum, Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, Tularosa Basin Museum of History
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Alamogordo, New Mexico
Alamogordo is the county seat and economic center of Otero County in south-central New Mexico, United States. A city in the Tularosa Basin of the Chihuahuan desert, it is bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains and to the west by White Sands National Monument. It is the city nearest to Holloman Air Force Base. The population was 30,403 as of the 2010 census. Alamogordo is known for its connection with the Trinity test, the first explosion of an atomic bomb, and also for the Atari video game burial of 1983. Humans have lived in the Alamogordo area for at least 11,000 years. The present settlement, established in 1898 to support the construction of the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, is an early example of a planned community. The city was incorporated in 1912. Tourism became an important economic factor with the creation of White Sands National Monument in 1934. During the 1950-60s, Alamogordo was an unofficial center for research on pilot safety and the developing United States' space program.
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