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Three Rivers Petroglyph Site. There are over 21,000 petroglyphs at the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site at Three Rivers, New Mexico, [1] located midway between Tularosa and Carrizozo in Otero County on Highway 54. Many of the petroglyphs can be easily viewed from a trail open to the public which winds through the rocks for about one mile.
Area. • Total. 1.5 km (0.93 mi) [1] The La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs are a rock art site near Santa Fe, New Mexico. It is a mesa above the Sante Fe River containing thousands of petroglyphs. Followers of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro also pass this site. [2]
Rio Felix. Rio Hondo (Southern New Mexico) Berrendo River. Rio Bonito. Rio Ruidoso. Arroyo del Macho. Gallo Arroyo. Taiban Creek. Pintada Arroyo.
Immediately to the east of the community is the Black Rock Reservoir, [5] [6] which was created in 1908 by damming the Zuni River. [7] The dam has undergone serious rebuilding three times since 1908, the most recent in the mid-1990s. [7] Black Rock has a non-commercial airstrip built just after World War II, but not paved until 1970. [5] [8]
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, near Cochiti Pueblo. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), it was established as a U.S. National Monument by President Bill Clinton in January 2001. Kasha-Katuwe means "white cliffs" in the ...
The park is located in northwestern New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Farmington, in a remote canyon cut by the Chaco Wash. Containing the most sweeping collection of ancient ruins north of Mexico, the park preserves one of the most important pre-Columbian cultural and historical areas in the United States. [2] Between AD 900 and 1150, Chaco ...
Pyramid Rock is part of the Zuñi Mountains. [1] The prominent landmark is located six miles (9.7 km) east-northeast of Gallup, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the town of Church Rock, and can be seen from Interstate 40. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 700 feet (213 meters) in one-quarter mile (0.4 km).
Caja del Rio (Spanish: " box of the river") is a dissected plateau, of volcanic origin, which covers approximately 84,000 acres of land in northern Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. The region is also known as the Caja, Caja del Rio Plateau, and Cerros del Rio. The center of the area is approximately 15 miles (23 km) west of Santa Fe ...