Southeast New Mexico

Southeastern New Mexico is a region of the state of in the United States of America. It is less well endowed with significant travel destinations than most other regions of New Mexico, but does include the spectacular…
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Roswell and Alamogordo.

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is a city in the southeastern region of the state of , United States of America. It has attained a quirky sort of fame/notoriety as the result of an alleged UFO crash in 1947.

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is a small city in southeastern . The town is the county seat for Otero County and supports two major nearby military installations, Holloman Air Force Base and the White Sands Missile Range.

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is a small city in near the border best known for the nearby .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Carlsbad Caverns National Park and Clovis.

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is a national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is located near , . It is most famous for the "Big Cave" and its Big Room, at one time considered the largest natural underground chamber in the world.

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is a city in the southeastern region of , in Curry County, near the Texas state line. It is famous for the nearby archaeological site where "Clovis man" was discovered. It is a military community supporting nearby Cannon Air Force Base.

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is a small, fairly quiet college and agricultural town in Southeast New Mexico, . Home of Eastern New Mexico University. Nearest sizable town is ; close to Cannon Air Force Base.

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is a city in , United States. Its population was 40,508 at the 2020 census, increasing from 34,122 in 2010. It is the state's seventh-most populous city.

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is a village in Southeast New Mexico. It is located in De Baca County on US 60 and US 84.

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is a town in southeastern . 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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is a village in , , United States, and is located within the . The population was 750 at the 2020 census.

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is an American national park in the southeastern region of the state of . The park contains the world's largest gypsum sand dune field—275 sq mi of fine white sand, formed by the prevailing winds into large ridge-like dunes.

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is an unincoporated area in Southeast New Mexico, located on US 380 in County. It was the center of the County War in the 1870s and is associated with Billy the Kid.

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is a unit of the U.S. Forest Service located in southern . The covers an extensive 1.1 million acres in southeastern New Mexico.

Southeast New Mexico

Latitude of center
33.4° or 33° 24′ north
Longitude of center
-104.6° or 104° 36′ west
Wiki­data ID
Q14234622
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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Vietnamese—“Southeast New Mexico” goes by many names.
  • Esperanto: “Sudokcidenta Nov-Meksiko”
  • German: “New Mexico/Southeast”
  • German: “Southeast”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Nam New Mexico”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Nam Tân Mễ Tây Cơ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Nam Tân Mễ”

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