Sandoval County, New Mexico
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- Bandelier National Monument — Historic · Sandoval County, NM
National Park Service monument protecting Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings, cavates, and pueblo ruins along Cañon de los Frijoles on the Pajarito Plateau. Ma…
- Cabezon Peak — Geology · Sandoval County, NM
Iconic ~7,785 ft basalt volcanic plug—the largest of the Rio Puerco necks—rising more than 1,100 ft above the valley floor northwest of Albuquerque. Classic …
- Coronado Historic Site — Historic · Sandoval County, NM
Tiwa pueblo of Kuaua (“evergreen”) on the Rio Grande west of Bernalillo—settled ~AD 1325, occupied when Coronado’s 1540 entrada entered the valley. Reconstru…
- Fenton Lake State Park — Natural · Sandoval County, NM
Quiet Jemez Mountains state park around a 37-acre reservoir on the Rio Cebolla (~7,650 ft). Ponderosa forest camping, canoeing, and trout fishing (rainbows s…
- Hagan — Ghost Town · Sandoval County, NM
Coal company town in the Hagan Basin east of the Sandia–Ortiz country that briefly thrived on underground coal before the market collapsed. Foundations, tipp…
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument — Natural · Sandoval County, NM
BLM national monument of cone-shaped volcanic tuff “tent rocks” and a slot canyon on the Pajarito Plateau south of Cochiti Pueblo. The Slot Canyon Trail thre…
- McCauley Warm Springs — Hot Spring · Sandoval County, NM
Forest Service warm spring pools on the East Fork Jemez River, reached by a moderate ~3.5-mile round-trip hike from Battleship Rock Picnic Area or Jemez Fall…
- Ojito Wilderness — Geology · Sandoval County, NM
BLM wilderness of ~11,800 acres southwest of San Ysidro: steep mesas, box canyons, multicolored sandstone, and hoodoos of the southeastern San Juan Basin. Sh…
- San Antonio Hot Spring — Hot Spring · Sandoval County, NM
Popular undeveloped hot spring on San Antonio Creek in the Jemez Mountains (Santa Fe National Forest). Series of rock-lined pools cascade beside the creek af…
- Sandia Man Cave — Geology · Sandoval County, NM
USFS-managed limestone cave high on the Las Huertas Canyon cliffs of the northern Sandia Mountains. A short, steep 0.47-mile trail leads to concrete and meta…
- Soda Dam — Geology · Sandoval County, NM
Dramatic travertine dam built by mineral-rich hot springs across the Jemez River beside NM 4 just north of Jemez Springs. The white-to-cream calcium-carbonat…
- Spence Hot Spring — Hot Spring · Sandoval County, NM
Free undeveloped soaking pools (~95°F) on Santa Fe National Forest land above the Jemez River, reached by a short steep trail from NM-4 north of Jemez Spring…
- Valles Caldera National Preserve — Geology · Sandoval County, NM
NPS national preserve protecting a ~13–14 mile-wide volcanic caldera formed about 1.2 million years ago in the Jemez Mountains. Huge mountain meadows (Valle …