Ponderosa Heights
Ponderosa Heights is a hamlet in Lincoln, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,991 feet. Ponderosa Heights is situated nearby to the hamlet Alpine Cellars Village, as well as near Hollywood.| 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
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 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 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 4 miles north of Ponderosa Heights.
Ruidoso Downs
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ruidoso Downs is a city in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 1,824 at the 2000 census and 2,815 at the 2010 census. Ruidoso Downs is situated 5 miles east of Ponderosa Heights.
Ponderosa Heights
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.34453° or 33° 20′ 40″ northLongitude
-105.6836° or 105° 41′ 1″ westElevation
6,991 feet (2,131 metres)Open location code
855P88V8+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 151647299OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5484815
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