White Sands National Monument
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Southeast New Mexico is a land of marvels, from the awe-inspiring depths of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, to the glistening expanse of White Sands National Monument, to the out-of-this-world history in Roswell. A quintessential mountain getaway, Ruidoso nestles within the high country.
2018 RUIDOSO AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO HAPPENINGS
May 25–Sept. 3 — Ruidoso Downs Racing Season
June 28–July 1 — UFO Festival
Roswell
July 14 — Fort Stanton Live Re-Enactments
Ruidoso
July 27–29 — Ruidoso Art Festival
Sept. 3 — All American Futurity Quarter-Horse Race
Ruidoso
Sept. 22 — Tour de Ruidoso Century Ride
Oct. 6 — Trinity Atomic Bomb Test Site
Open to the Public - Alamogordo
Oct. 12–14 — Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium
Ruidoso
Nov. 23–Dec. 31 — Christmas on the Pecos
Carlsbad
2019
April 6 — Trinity Site Tour
White Sands Missile Range