Tularosa Basin
The Tularosa Basin is a graben basin in the Basin and Range Province and within the Chihuahuan Desert, east of the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico and West Texas, in the Southwestern United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Building
- Description: Endorheic basin in New Mexico and Texas, United States
- Also known as: “Tularosa Basin Historical Society”
- Address: NM
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Alameda Park Zoo and Flickinger Center for Performing Arts.
Alameda Park Zoo
Zoo
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Alameda Park Zoo, located in Alamogordo, New Mexico, was founded in 1898 and claims to be the oldest zoo in the Southwestern United States. It participates in the Species Survival Plan for the Mexican wolf. Alameda Park Zoo is situated 670 feet southwest of Tularosa Basin.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
Theater building
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts is a 590-seat theater in Alamogordo, New Mexico. This is also the name of the nonprofit organization that operates the theater. Flickinger Center for Performing Arts is situated 1,100 feet south of Tularosa Basin.
Alamogordo Museum of History
Museum
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
The Tularosa Basin Museum of History, formerly the Tularosa Basin Historical Society Museum, is a history museum holding a collection of historical photographs, documents, and relics from Otero County, New Mexico. Alamogordo Museum of History is situated 1,400 feet south of Tularosa Basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alamogordo and La Luz.
Alamogordo
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Alamogordo is a small city in southeastern New Mexico. The town is the county seat for Otero County and supports two major nearby military installations, Holloman Air Force Base and the White Sands Missile Range.
La Luz
Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
La Luz is a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,615 at the 2000 census. It is located immediately north of Alamogordo and lies in the eastern edge of the Tularosa Basin and on the western flank of the Sacramento Mountains. La Luz is situated 5 miles north of Tularosa Basin.
Tularosa Basin
- Categories: graben and drainage basin
- Location: Otero, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.904° or 32° 54′ 14″ northLongitude
-105.96005° or 105° 57′ 36″ westElevation
4,341 feet (1,323 metres)Open location code
854PW23Q+HXOpenStreetMap ID
node 366374622OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Tularosa Basin” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “conca del Tularosa”
- Chinese: “图拉罗萨盆地”
- Chinese: “图拉萨盆地”
- Chinese: “圖拉羅薩盆地”
- Chinese: “圖拉薩盆地”
- French: “bassin du Tularosa”
- French: “Bassin du Tularosa”
- Hebrew: “אגן טולארוסה”
- Hungarian: “Tularosa-medence”
- Japanese: “トゥラロサ盆地”
- Spanish: “Cuenca del Tularosa”
- Venetian: “conca del Tularosa”
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