Acid Canyon

Acid Canyon is a valley in , and has an elevation of 6,969 feet.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Los Alamos History Museum and Mesa Public Library.

Museum
The is housed in two buildings: the historic Guest Cottage, located next to Fuller Lodge, of , which was General Leslie Groves's favorite place to stay during the Manhattan Project; and the Bethe House a short distance away, where Hans Bethe lived for a brief time after the end of World War II.

Library
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is the branch of the Los Alamos County Library System in New Mexico, United States. The library collection has more than 160,000 items which include books, CDs, DVDs, original paintings, and material in several foreign languages.

Aerodrome
Los Alamos Airport, also known as , is a county-owned, public-use in , United States. It is located one nautical mile east of the central business district of . is situated 2 miles east of Acid Canyon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Los Alamos.

is a small town in , about an hour northwest of . Its claim to fame is the National Laboratory, where Oppenheimer and other physicists created the world's first atomic bomb during World War II, concluding the Golden Age of Modern Physics and heralding the Atomic Age.

Acid Canyon

Latitude
35.88889° or 35° 53′ 20″ north
Longitude
-106.30417° or 106° 18′ 15″ west
Elevation
6,969 feet (2,124 metres)
Open location code
857MVMQW+H8
Geo­Names ID
11387947
Wiki­data ID
Q49773840
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Satellite Map

Discover Acid Canyon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“Acid Canyon” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Acid Canyon

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Upper Frijoles Crossing and White Rock.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Walnut Canyon and Los Alamos Historical Marker.

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