Ruidoso River 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.- Type: Museum
- Description: Museum in New Mexico, United States
- Address: 101 Mechem Drive, 88345
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruidoso Public Library and 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 1½ miles northeast of Ruidoso River Museum.
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 1 mile east of Ruidoso River Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruidoso and Alto.
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.
Alto
Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Alto is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Alto is situated 4½ miles north of Ruidoso River Museum.
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. As of the 2020 census, Ruidoso Downs had a population of 2,620. Ruidoso Downs is situated 5 miles east of Ruidoso River Museum.
Ruidoso River Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.33464° or 33° 20′ 5″ northLongitude
-105.6815° or 105° 40′ 53″ westOpen location code
855P88M9+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 1155687093OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q16899475
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