Northwest New Mexico
Northwest New Mexico is a region in the state of New Mexico in the United States. It is notable for desert scenery, Four Corners, and a large part of Navajo Nation, the country's largest Indian reservation.Photo: Transity, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Farmington.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a major unit of the United States National Park System located within the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico.
Farmington
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Farmington is a town in the northwest region of the state of New Mexico. It is notable as a gateway to Navajo Nation and the Four Corners area, and as a center for folk art, particularly Navajo weavings.
Gallup
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Gallup is an important gateway to the Navajo Nation and other nearby attractions in the state of New Mexico. Gallup has numerous trading posts and Indian-themed gift shops, and an abundance of natural scenery surrounding town.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Grants and Cuba.
Grants
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Grants is a small town in western New Mexico, United States. It is one of the stops along the historic Route 66 highway west of Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city.
Cuba
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Cuba is a small town in northwestern New Mexico, USA. Although of little interest itself to the traveler, it is a significant gateway to points of interest in the region such as Navajo Nation, the Jemez Mountains, and Chaco Culture National Historical Park.
El Malpais National Monument
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El Malpais National Monument is a national monument located south of I-40 in northwestern New Mexico. The name comes from the rough, barren lava flow that makes up much of its terrain.
El Morro
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El Morro Valley is a census-designated place in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It includes El Morro National Monument and the unincorporated community of El Morro.
Northwest New Mexico
- Type: geographic location
- Location: New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude of center
35.9° or 35° 54′ northLongitude of center
-108° or 108° westWikidata ID
Q14227535
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Vietnamese—“Northwest New Mexico” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Noordwest-Nieuw-Mexico”
- French: “Nord-ouest du Nouveau-Mexique”
- German: “Nordwest-Neumexiko”
- German: “Northwest”
- Italian: “Nuovo Messico nordoccidentale”
- Limburgan: “Novi Mexici Septentrio-Occidentalis”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc New Mexico”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc Tân Mễ Tây Cơ”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Bắc Tân Mễ”
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