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Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas.Established in 1848, the fort was renamed in 1854 to honor Bvt.Lieut.Colonel William W.S. Bliss (1815–1853), U.S. Army officer, Private Secretary and son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor.
White Sands National Park is a national park of the United States located in New Mexico and completely surrounded by the White Sands Missile Range.The park covers 145,762 acres (227.8 sq mi; 589.9 km 2) in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of a 275 sq mi (710 km 2) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
Chaparral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana and Otero counties, New Mexico. The population was 14,631 at the 2010 census. [4] Chaparral is primarily a bedroom community for the neighboring city of El Paso, Texas, and the neighboring military installations of White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss.
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico.The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio.
Heron Lake State Park: Rio Arriba: 4,100 1,700: 7,200 2,200: Provides access to a 5,900-acre (2,400 ha) no-wake reservoir adjacent to El Vado Lake State Park. [21] Hyde Memorial State Park: Santa Fe: 350 140: 8,500 2,600: 1938: Provides outdoor recreation amenities near Santa Fe. [22] Leasburg Dam State Park: Doña Ana: 293 119: 4,200 1,300: 1971
Locator map showing Dona Ana County in southern New Mexico, U.S. Credits. David Benbennick made this map. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Or see any of the New Mexico county locator maps: Bernalillo ·
The El Paso–Las Cruces, Texas–New Mexico, combined statistical area consists of two counties in western Texas and one in southern New Mexico.This CSA was defined as part of the United States Office of Management and Budget's 2013 delineations for metropolitan, micropolitan, and combined statistical areas. [1]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]