Grindstone Canyon
Grindstone Canyon is a valley in Lincoln, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,650 feet. Grindstone Canyon is situated nearby to the area Cree Meadows, as well as near the hamlet Ponderosa Heights.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruidoso River Museum and Ruidoso Lookout Tower.
Ruidoso River Museum
Museum
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 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 Public Library
Library
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
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. Ruidoso Public Library is situated 2 miles north of Grindstone Canyon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs.
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.
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 4½ miles east of Grindstone Canyon.
Alto
Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Alto is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Alto is situated 5 miles north of Grindstone Canyon.
Grindstone Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 6,650 feet
- Description: valley in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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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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