Ruidoso Lookout 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tower
- Description: fire lookout tower in Lincoln County, United States of America
Places of Interest Nearby
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 River Museum is situated 1 mile west of Ruidoso Lookout Tower.
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 1¼ miles north of Ruidoso Lookout Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs.
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.
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 4 miles east of Ruidoso Lookout Tower.
Alto
Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Alto is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Alto is situated 5 miles north of Ruidoso Lookout Tower.
Ruidoso Lookout Tower
- Category: fire lookout tower
- Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.33177° or 33° 19′ 54″ northLongitude
-105.66243° or 105° 39′ 45″ westElevation
6,729 feet (2,051 metres)Inception
1940Open location code
855P88JQ+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 357614877OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerGeoNames ID
5488606Wikidata ID
Q7378742
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Ruidoso Lookout Tower” goes by many names.
- French: “Ruidoso Lookout Tower”
- Spanish: “Torre de Observacion de Ruidoso”
- Spanish: “Torre de Observación de Ruidoso”
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