This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Nature Attractions In Southeast New Mexico

x
Filter Attractions:

Nature Attractions In Southeast New Mexico

  • 2. Sitting Bull Falls Carlsbad New Mexico
    Sitting Bull Falls is a series of waterfalls located in a canyon in the Lincoln National Forest southwest of the city of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The United States Department of Agriculture's Forest Service maintains a popular recreation area for day use at the location of the falls. The falls are fed by springs located in the canyon above. The water flows through a series of streams and pools until reaching the falls where it drops 150 feet into the canyon below. Most of the water disappears into the gravel or cracks in the rocks and either reappears in springs further down the canyon or joins the Pecos Valley underground water supply. The area around Sitting Bull Falls is the remnant of a reef system known as the Capitan Great Barrier Reef dating from the Permian period. Approximately 250 m...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 3. Lincoln National Forest Ruidoso
    Lincoln National Forest is a unit of the U.S. Forest Service located in southern New Mexico. Established by Presidential Proclamation in 1902 as the Lincoln Forest Preserve, the 1,103,897 acres forest begins near the Texas border and contains lands in parts of Chaves, Eddy, Lincoln, and Otero, counties. The three Ranger Districts within the forest contain all or part of four mountain ranges, and include a variety of different environmental areas, from desert to heavily forested mountains and sub-alpine grasslands. Established to balance conservation, resource management, and recreation, the lands of the Lincoln National Forest include important local timber resources, protected wilderness areas, and popular recreation and winter sports areas. The forest headquarters is located in Alamogord...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 4. Brantley Lake State Park Carlsbad New Mexico
    Brantley Lake State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, located approximately 12 miles north of Carlsbad. The park takes its name from Brantley Lake, a man-made reservoir created when Brantley Dam was built across the Pecos River in the 1980s. The lake is the southernmost lake in New Mexico, and it is popular for boating and fishing. It has a surface area of approximately 4,000 acres , but that varies due to the inconsistent flow of the Pecos River and the arid climate in which the lake is located. The lake is stocked with bass, white bass, walleye, catfish, bluegill, carp, and crappie, however officials have recently detected high levels of DDT in the fish and the State Parks Department is recommending that the fish not be eaten. The park has 51 developed campsites with ele...
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 5. Alameda Park Zoo Alamogordo
    Alameda Park Zoo, located in Alamogordo, New Mexico, was founded in 1898 and claims to be the oldest zoo in the Southwestern United States. It is one of three AZA-accredited zoos in New Mexico and participates in the Species Survival Plan for the Mexican wolf.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
  • 7. Spring River Park and Zoo Roswell
    The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers and emptying from Florida into Apalachicola Bay in the Gulf of Mexico. The Chattahoochee River is about 430 miles long. The Chattahoochee, Flint, and Apalachicola rivers together make up the Apalachicola–Chattahoochee–Flint River Basin . The Chattahoochee makes up the largest part of the ACF's drainage basin.
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Southeast New Mexico Videos

Shares

x
x
x

Near By Places

Menu