Indian Canyon

Indian Canyon is a valley in , and has an elevation of 6,644 feet. Indian 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 2½ miles north of Indian 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
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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 Indian Canyon.

Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 6 miles north of Indian Canyon.

Indian Canyon

Latitude
33.31758° or 33° 19′ 3″ north
Longitude
-105.66943° or 105° 40′ 10″ west
Elevation
6,644 feet (2,025 metres)
Open location code
855P889J+26
Geo­Names ID
5472588
Wiki­data ID
Q49817570
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Indian Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Indian Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, New Mexico, Lincoln County, lat 33,32, long -105,67)”
  • Cebuano: “Indian Canyon”

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