Lookout Canyon
Lookout Canyon is a valley in Lincoln, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,572 feet. Lookout Canyon is situated nearby to the hamlet Hollywood, as well as near the area Cree Meadows.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. Ruidoso Public Library is situated 2 miles northwest of Lookout Canyon.
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 River Museum is situated 2½ miles west of Lookout Canyon.
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.
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 3 miles east of Lookout Canyon.
Alto
Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Alto is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Alto is situated 5 miles northwest of Lookout Canyon.
Lookout Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 6,572 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
“Lookout Canyon” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lookout Canyon (walog sa Estados Unidos, New Mexico, Lincoln County)”
- Cebuano: “Lookout Canyon”
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