Otero County, New Mexico
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- Brice — Ghost Town · Otero County, NM
Abandoned Jarilla Mountains mining camp (also known historically as Jarilla) in the Orogrande mining district west of US 54. Renamed Brice about 1904 when th…
- La Luz Historic District — Historic · Otero County, NM
La Luz Historic District is a historic district in Otero County, NM, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, recognized for significance …
- Marcia — Ghost Town · Otero County, NM
Sacramento Mountains railroad-logging settlement (also called Camp Marcia) built for Alamogordo Lumber Company operations that fed the Cloud-Climbing / Alamo…
- Oliver Lee Memorial State Park — Historic · Otero County, NM
Chihuahuan Desert state park at the mouth of Dog Canyon on the west escarpment of the Sacramento Mountains south of Alamogordo. Preserves Oliver Milton Lee’s…
- Orogrande — Ghost Town · Otero County, NM
Semi-ghost mining settlement in the Jarilla Mountains and Tularosa Basin on U.S. 54 between El Paso and Alamogordo. Founded in 1905 as Jarilla Junction and r…
- Sunspot Solar Observatory Visitor Center — Historic · Otero County, NM
Public visitor center at the end of the Sunspot Scenic Byway (NM-6563) on Sacramento Peak (~9,200 ft) serving the historic National Solar Observatory / Sunsp…
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site — Petroglyph · Otero County, NM
BLM site set aside specifically for rock art—more than 21,000 petroglyphs pecked into basalt by Jornada Mogollon people roughly 600–1,000+ years ago. Develop…
- Turquoise — Ghost Town · Otero County, NM
Historic mining settlement name in the Jarilla Mountains of southern Otero County, gazetted as a populated place and tied to the long turquoise- and precious…
- White Sands National Park — Natural · Otero County, NM
World’s largest gypsum dunefield — brilliant white crystal sands in the Tularosa Basin, fully surrounded by White Sands Missile Range. Dunes Drive reaches de…