Grindstone Canyon

Grindstone Canyon is a valley in , and has an elevation of 6,650 feet. Grindstone Canyon is situated nearby to the area , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruidoso River Museum and Ruidoso Lookout Tower.

Museum
Fox Cave is located on East Highway 70 between and Alamogordo, near . 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.

Tower
was completed in 1940 by the U.S. Forest Service to serve as a fire lookout tower within , , United States.

Library
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Ruidoso is a village in , , United States, adjacent to the . The population was 7,679 at the 2020 census. is situated 2 miles north of Grindstone Canyon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs.

Photo: Rocko16, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in . 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.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a city in , , United States, located within the . As of the 2020 census, had a population of 2,620. is situated 4½ miles east of Grindstone Canyon.

Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 5 miles north of Grindstone Canyon.

Grindstone Canyon

Latitude
33.32064° or 33° 19′ 14″ north
Longitude
-105.66943° or 105° 40′ 10″ west
Elevation
6,650 feet (2,027 metres)
Open location code
855P88CJ+76
Geo­Names ID
5470136
Wiki­data ID
Q49807184
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Satellite Map

Discover Grindstone Canyon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Grindstone Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Grindstone Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, New Mexico)”
  • Cebuano: “Grindstone Canyon”

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