White Oaks
White Oaks is a ghost town in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Located on the outskirts of the Lincoln National Forest, it became a boomtown in 1879 following the discovery of gold and coal in the nearby Jicarilla Mountains.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “White Oaks, New Mexico” and “White Oaks, NM”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Robsart.
Robsart
Hamlet
Robsart is a ghost town in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, which is located west of the Lincoln National Forest on Highway 54, north of the town of Carrizozo. Robsart is situated 6 miles west of White Oaks.
White Oaks
- Categories: ghost town, NRHP district, and locality
- Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.74757° or 33° 44′ 51″ northLongitude
-105.73637° or 105° 44′ 11″ westElevation
6,329 feet (1,929 metres)Open location code
855PP7X7+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 151459300OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tornedalen Finnish—“White Oaks” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “懷特奧克斯 (新墨西哥州)”
- Chinese: “懷特奧克斯”
- Finnish: “White Oaks”
- French: “White Oaks”
- Italian: “White Oaks”
- Navajo: “Lókʼaaʼ Naagaií”
- Swedish: “White Oaks, New Mexico”
- Swedish: “White Oaks”
- Tornedalen Finnish: “White Oaks”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include White Oaks Miner’s Home/Tool Shed Museum and White Oaks Schoolhouse Museum.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “White Oaks”. Photo: Plazak, CC BY-SA 3.0.