Ruidoso

Ruidoso is a town in . 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.
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  • Type: Town with 7,680 residents
  • Description: village in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States
  • Also known as: “Dowlins Mill”, “Ruidosa at Forks”, “Ruidoso (Nuevo México)”, “Ruidoso, New Mexico”, “Ruidoso, NM”, and “鲁伊多索”
  • Postal codes: 88345 and 88355

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ruidoso River Museum and Ruidoso Public Library.

Museum
Fox Cave is located on East Highway 70 between and Alamogordo, near Ruidoso, New Mexico.

Library
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
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Ruidoso

Latitude
33.3316° or 33° 19′ 54″ north
Longitude
-105.6731° or 105° 40′ 23″ west
Population
7,680
Elevation
6,729 feet (2,051 metres)
IATA airport code
RUI
UN/LOCODE
US RUI
Open location code
855P88JG+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Ruidoso” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “رويدوسو”
  • Basque: “Ruidoso”
  • Catalan: “Ruidoso”
  • Cebuano: “Ruidoso”
  • Chinese: “魯伊多索”
  • Croatian: “Ruidoso, Novi Meksiko”
  • Croatian: “Ruidoso”
  • Dutch: “Ruidoso”
  • French: “Ruidoso”
  • German: “Ruidoso”
  • Gilaki: “رویدوسو”
  • Hebrew: “רוידוסו”
  • Italian: “Ruidoso”
  • Japanese: “ルイドソ”
  • Ladin: “Ruidoso”
  • Mazanderani: “رویدوسو (نیومکزیکو)”
  • Mazanderani: “رویدوسو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ruidoso”
  • Navajo: “Tsé Táyiʼ Siʼání”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ruidoso”
  • Norwegian: “Ruidoso”
  • Persian: “رویدوسو، نیومکزیکو”
  • Persian: “رویدوسو”
  • Polish: “Ruidoso”
  • Portuguese: “Ruidoso”
  • Romanian: “Ruidoso, New Mexico”
  • Romanian: “Ruidoso”
  • Russian: “Руидозо”
  • Serbian: “Ruidoso, New Mexico”
  • Serbian: “Ruidoso”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ruidoso, New Mexico”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ruidoso”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رویدوسو، نیومکزیکو”
  • Spanish: “Ruidoso”
  • Swedish: “Ruidoso, New Mexico”
  • Swedish: “Ruidoso”
  • Turkish: “Ruidoso, New Mexico”
  • Turkish: “Ruidoso”
  • Ukrainian: “Руідозо”
  • Ukrainian: “Руїдозо”
  • Urdu: “رویئڈوسو، نیو میکسیکو”
  • Urdu: “رویئڈوسو”
  • Volapük: “Ruidoso”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ruidoso, New Mexico”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ruidoso”
  • Welsh: “Ruidoso, New Mexico”
  • Welsh: “Ruidoso”
  • “Ruidoso”

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