Datil, NM

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail

National Historic Trail

Travel along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail to experience and learn from a complicated legacy of 300 years of conflict, cooperation, and cultural exchange between a variety of empires—European and non-European alike.

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Activities: Arts and Culture, Theater, Auto and ATV, Scenic Driving, Hiking, Junior Ranger Program, Museum Exhibits

Weather: Due to the length of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail, be sure to consult local weather sources for the region you'll be visiting. Check out the forecast with the National...

El Malpais National Monument

National Monument

The richly diverse volcanic landscape of El Malpais (el-mal-pie-EES) offers solitude, recreation, and adventure. Explore incredible geologic features such as young lava flows, cinder cones, lava tubes, and sandstone bluffs. While some may see a desolate environment, people have been adapting to and ...

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Activities: Arts and Culture, Auto and ATV, Scenic Driving, Astronomy, Camping, Backcountry Camping, Caving, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Hiking, Hunting and Gathering, Gathering and Foraging, Junio...

Weather: As a general rule, daily temperatures swing roughly 30 (F) from night lows to afternoon highs. Summer is sunny and hot with monsoon rain storms and an average high of 80 (F). Winter is cool, sunny, wi...

El Morro National Monument

National Monument

Imagine the refreshment of finding water after days of dusty travel. A reliable waterhole hidden at the base of a sandstone bluff made El Morro (the headland) a popular campsite for hundreds of years. Here, ancestral Puebloans, Spanish, and American travelers carved over 2,000 signatures, dates, mes...

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Activities: Arts and Culture, Astronomy, Stargazing, Camping, Car or Front Country Camping, RV Camping, Food, Picnicking, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Hiking, Front-Country Hiking, Junior Ranger Pro...

Weather: At an elevation of 7,219 feet (2200 meters) winters can be cold and snowy. Summers are warm with afternoon thunder showers from mid-July through mid-September. Trails can close unexpectedly due to sev...

Elephant Butte Lake State Park

State Park

20,667 acres. Open Access

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Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

National Monument

For thousands of years, groups of nomads used the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek as temporary shelter. In the late 1200s, people of the agricultural Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) culture made it a home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for one or t...

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Activities: Astronomy, Stargazing, Camping, Car or Front Country Camping, Food, Picnicking, Guided Tours, Self-Guided Tours - Walking, Hiking, Backcountry Hiking, Front-Country Hiking, Horse Trekking, Horse Campi...

Weather: Weather is extremely variable. Summers are usually around 90° F. but approach 100° F. Winters have occasional snow or temperatures near 0° F. Thunderstorms are common in the summer and early fall, usu...