Perk Canyon

Perk Canyon is a valley in Lincoln, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,801 feet. Perk Canyon is situated nearby to the hamlet Ponderosa Heights, as well as near the area Cree Meadows.

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

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 northeast of Perk 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 1½ miles east of Perk 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 4½ miles north of Perk Canyon.

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 6 miles east of Perk Canyon.

Perk Canyon

Type: Valley with an elevation of 6,801 feet
Category: landform
Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.33425° or 33° 20′ 3″ north

Longitude

-105.68915° or 105° 41′ 21″ west

Elevation

6,801 feet (2,073 metres)

Open location code

855P88M6+M8

GeoNames ID

5483919

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