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National Park Attractions In Magdalena

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Magdalena is a village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 926 in 2012. The Lady on the Mountain is a rock formation on Magdalena Peak overlooking Magdalena. Spanish soldiers saw the profile of a woman on the west face of the peak. A priest with them was reminded of a similar peak in Spain called La Sierra de Maria Magdalena, so he called the New Mexico one La Sierra de Magdalena. The pass to the south of the peak became known as Magdalena Gap, and when a town grew up it received the same name.Magdalena continues to be a ranching community while strengthening its art, astronomy and geology venues. The reopening of the Magda...
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  • 1. El Malpais National Monument Grants
    El Malpais National Monument is a National Monument located in western New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States. The name El Malpais is from the Spanish term Malpaís, meaning badlands, due to the extremely barren and dramatic volcanic field that covers much of the park's area. It is on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways.
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