North Fork Canyon
North Fork Canyon is a valley in Lincoln, New Mexico and has an elevation of 7,106 feet. North Fork Canyon is situated nearby to the hamlet Ponderosa Heights, as well as near Alpine Cellars Village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruidoso River Museum and Ruidoso Public Library.
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 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 east of North Fork 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. Ruidoso Lookout Tower is situated 2½ miles southeast of North Fork Canyon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruidoso and Alto.
Ruidoso
Photo: Rocko16, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Alto is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Alto is situated 3½ miles north of North Fork Canyon.
North Fork Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 7,106 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.35119° or 33° 21′ 4″ northLongitude
-105.69776° or 105° 41′ 52″ westElevation
7,106 feet (2,166 metres)Open location code
855P9822+FVGeoNames ID
5481526
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