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Area amenities:
- The stars at night (0 miles, 0-minute drive, 0.1-minute stroll)
- Lincoln National Forest (0 miles, 0-minute drive, 0.1-minute stroll)
- Sacramento Mountains Museum in Cloudcroft (0.5 miles, 2-minute drive, 10-minute stroll)
- tennis at Zenith Park (0.5 miles, 2-minute drive, 11-minute stroll)
- Cloudcroft Pavilion (0.6 miles, 2-minute drive, 11-minute stroll)
- James Sewell Ice Rink (0.7 miles, 2-minute drive, 17-minute stroll)
- ice skating in season
- farmers market in season
- Downtown Cloudcroft (0.8 miles, 4-minute drive, 15-minute stroll)
- Cloudcroft Art Workshops
- bike rentals at High Altitude (0.8 miles, 4-minute drive, 15-minute stroll)
- The Bigfoot Experience (0.9 miles, 3-minute drive, 14-minute stroll)
- Old Cloudroft Highway Trail (1.0 miles, 4-minute drive, 18-minute stroll)
- Trestle Depot Recreation Area (1.3 miles, 4-minute drive, 24-minute stroll)
- picnic area and trailhead to access the S-curve trestle and the other side of the Mexican Canyon railroad trestle
- our hike
- Osha Trail Trailhead (1.4 miles, 4-minute drive, 23-minute stroll)
- spectacular views of the Mexican Canyon and the railroad trestle
- our hikes
- The Lodge at Cloudcroft (1.4 miles, 5-minute drive, 23 minute stroll)
- historic hotel
- shops
- restaurant and bar
- a ghost story
- The Golfcourse at The Lodge (1.4 miles, 5-minute drive, 23-minute stroll)
- Mexican Canyon Railroad Trestle (1.6 miles, 4-minute drive)
- roadside stop with gorgeous views of Mexican Canyon and the railroad trestle
- Sleepy Grass Picnic Area (and trailhead) (1.8 miles, 4-minute drive)
- easy trail up a valley
- Sierra Blanca Viewpoint (2.7 miles, 6-minute drive)
- great view of Sierra Blanca
- Ski Cloudcroft (2.8 miles, 5-minute drive)
- skiiing and snow-tubing in season
- wet-tubing in summer
- wood-fired pizza and a bar
- Switchback Trail (3 miles, 6-minute drive)
- access to several trails
- our hike
- La Pasada Encantada Trail (3 miles, 9-minute drive)
- Haynes Canyon Vista Interpretive Site (4 miles, 9-minute drive)
- gorgeous view of Tularosa valley
- great views of sunsets
- fish at Silver Springs (5.5 miles, 10-minute drive)
- Nelsen Canyon Vista Interpretive Site (6.7 miles, 13-minute drive)
- Bridal Veil Falls Trailhead (10.3 miles, 19-minute drive)
- Three access points, water fall
- Dirty Drawers Canyon (10.3 miles, 18-minute drive)
- here because of that name!
- Grandview Trailhead (10.3 miles, 19-minute drive)
- nice view of the basin
- our hike
- Salado Canyon Trailhead (11.5 miles, 25-minute drive)
- can see a small railroad trestle here
- La Luz Pottery Factory (14.3 miles, 27-minute drive)
- Scenic Lookout and Hang Glider Launch (~15 miles, 4WD)
- Bluff Springs Recreation Area (15.1 miles, 34-minute drive)
- really nice waterfall; headwaters of Rio Peñasco
- several trails
- can be a madhouse in the summer
- Hell's Hole Trail (15.6 miles, 36-minute drive)
- American Armed Forces Museum (15.6 miles, 30-minute drive)
- Sunspot (17.9 miles, 30-minute drive)
- solar observatory
- interpretive stops
- our trip
- Apache Point Observatory (18.3 miles, 31-minute drive)
- limited interpretation...
- ...but spectacular views!
- Aviator 10 Theaters (18.4 miles, 27-minute drive)
- Museum of Space History (19.5 miles, 30-minute drive)
- our visit
- The Grave of Ham the Astrochimp (19.5 miles, 30-minute drive)
- Alamogordo (20.2 miles, 30-minute drive)
- Alameda Park Zoo (20.3 miles, 30-minute drive)
- Tularosa Basin Museum of History (20.9 miles, 30-minute drive)
- Pistachioland (21.0 miles, 29-minute drive)
- World's Largest Pistachio
- farm tours
- Desert Foothills Park (21.3 miles, 32-minute drive)
- Sacramento Lookout (22 miles, 49-minute drive [4WD recommended])
- Tularosa (26.8 miles, 35-minute drive)
- quaint Catholic church
- cute downtown (with art and antique shopping)
- Casa de Sueños
- our photos
- The Tularosa Village Museum (27.1 miles, 36-minute drive)
- Tularosa Vinyards (28.9 miles, 38-minute drive)
- gamble at Casino Apache (34.2 miles, 51-minute drive)
- Inn of the Mountain Gods (34.2 miles, 51-minute drive)
- golf
- spa
- zipline
- food
- night clubs
- fishing
- horseback riding
- web page
- Oliver Lee State Park (35.5 miles, 46-minute drive)
- Tulie MotorCross (35.6 miles, 51-minute drive)
- White Sands National Park (36.2 miles, 45-minute drive)
- fish at Runyan Ranch (39.2 miles, 46-minute drive)
- Ruidoso Downs and Casino (38.5 miles, 57-minute drive)
- Red Sands Off-Highway Vehicle Area (42 miles, 50-minute drive)
- Ruidoso (46.2 miles, 1-hour drive)
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site (49 miles, 56-minute drive)
- Orogrande (58 miles, 1-hour 4-minute drive)
- Ski Apache (61 miles, 1-hour and 35-minute drive)
- Fort Stanton Historic Site (64 miles, 1-hour and 22-minute drive)
- Valley of Fires (75 miles, 1-hour and 18-minute drive)
- giant field of black lava
- Dripping Springs Natural Area (83.4 miles, 1 hour and 31-minute drive)
- Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (84 miles, 1-hour and 30-minute drive)
- Las Cruces (88 miles, 1-hour and 33-minute drive)
- Artesia (90 miles, 1-hour 35-minite drive)
- Mesilla (96.9 miles, 1-hour 37-minute drive)
- El Paso (109 miles, 1-hour and 49-minute drive)
- Roswell (116 miles, 2-hour drive)
- International UFO Museum and Research Center (116 miles, 2-hour drive)
- Hatch (122 miles, 2-hour drive)
- Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge (144 miles, 2-hour and 21-minute drive)
- Socorro (146 miles, 2-hour 26-minute drive)
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park (146 miles, 2-hour and 33-minute drive)
- Mountainair (and the Salt Missions [one, two, three]) (154 miles, 2-hour and 40-minute drive)
- Truth or Consequences (158 miles, 2-hour and 29-minute drive)
- hot springs and spas
- our photos
- Albuquerque (223 miles, 3-hour and 28-minute drive)
- Santa Fe (231 miles, 3-hour and 48-minute drive)
- Tucumcari (250 miles, 4-hour and 5-minute drive)
- CBGB's (2,056 miles, 31-hour drive, 677-hour stroll)
- punk rock, baybee!
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