Bog Spring

Bog Spring is a spring in Lincoln, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,818 feet. Bog Spring is situated nearby to the area Cree Meadows, as well as near the hamlet Ponderosa Heights.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruidoso Public Library and Ruidoso River Museum.

Ruidoso Public Library

Library

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Ruidoso is a village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, adjacent to the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 7,679 at the 2020 census.

Fox Cave is located on East Highway 70 between Roswell and Alamogordo, near Ruidoso, New Mexico. It was once used as a hideout by William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid and also known as Henry Antrim, a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier outlaw in the American Old West. Ruidoso River Museum is situated 2 miles southwest of Bog Spring.

Ruidoso Lookout Tower

Tower

Ruidoso Lookout Tower was completed in 1940 by the U.S. Forest Service to serve as a fire lookout tower within Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico, United States. Ruidoso Lookout Tower is situated 1½ miles south of Bog Spring.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruidoso and Alto.

Ruidoso

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Ruidoso is a town in southeastern New Mexico. Its attractions include pleasant mountain recreation and world-caliber horse racing. During the summer population triples as New Mexicans and Texans arrive to enjoy the horse races, gambling, and cool mountain air.

Alto

Village

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Alto is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Alto is situated 3½ miles northwest of Bog Spring.

Ruidoso Downs

Village

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Ruidoso Downs is a city in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located within the Lincoln National Forest. As of the 2020 census, Ruidoso Downs had a population of 2,620. Ruidoso Downs is situated 4 miles southeast of Bog Spring.

Bog Spring

Type: Spring
Category: body of water
Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.35377° or 33° 21′ 14″ north

Longitude

-105.65557° or 105° 39′ 20″ west

Elevation

6,818 feet (2,078 metres)

Open location code

855P983V+GQ

GeoNames ID

5458283

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