Sawmill Canyon
Sawmill Canyon is a valley in Otero, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,824 feet. Sawmill Canyon is situated nearby to the hamlet Carrizo, as well as near Ponderosa Heights.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruidoso River Museum and Ruidoso Lookout Tower.
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 north of Sawmill 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 northeast of Sawmill Canyon.
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. The population was 1,824 at the 2000 census and 2,815 at the 2010 census. Ruidoso Downs is situated 6 miles east of Sawmill Canyon.
Sawmill Canyon
- Type: Valley with an elevation of 6,824 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Otero, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.30036° or 33° 18′ 1″ northLongitude
-105.68165° or 105° 40′ 54″ westElevation
6,824 feet (2,080 metres)Open location code
855P8829+48GeoNames ID
5490518
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