Cave of the Winds
Cave of the Winds is a cave in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Cave of the Winds is situated nearby to the security checkpoint West Jemez Vehicle Access Point.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jemez Mountains and Los Alamos History Museum.
Jemez Mountains
Photo: Brian0918, Public domain.
The Jemez Mountains are a major mountain range in North Central New Mexico in the United States. The range contains several important travel destinations such as Los Alamos, Bandelier National Monument, and part of Santa Fe National Forest.
Los Alamos History Museum
Museum
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The Los Alamos History Museum is housed in two buildings: the historic Guest Cottage, located next to Fuller Lodge, of Los Alamos Ranch School, 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. Los Alamos History Museum is situated 2 miles east of Cave of the Winds.
Mesa Public Library
Library
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Mesa Public Library is the Los Alamos 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. Mesa Public Library is situated 2 miles east of Cave of the Winds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Los Alamos.
Los Alamos
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Los Alamos is a small town in northern New Mexico, about an hour northwest of Santa Fe. Its claim to fame is the Los Alamos 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.
Cave of the Winds
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.88094° or 35° 52′ 51″ northLongitude
-106.34176° or 106° 20′ 30″ westOpen location code
857MVMJ5+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 883854572OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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