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Sunspot is an unincorporated community in the Sacramento Mountains in the Lincoln National Forest in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, [1] [2] about 18 miles (29 km) south of Cloudcroft. Its elevation is 9,186 feet (2,800 m). The Sunspot Solar Observatory and Apache Point Observatory are located in Sunspot in the Sacramento Mountains. [3]
Cloudcroft is a village in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, and is located within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 750 at the 2020 census . Its high elevation of 8,676 feet (2,644 m) allows for a mild summer, and the forested mountains make it a tourist attraction for the surrounding deserts.
Ski Cloudcroft was founded in 1963 with a T-bar lift. The T-bar had a rise of 440 feet (130 m) and a length of 1,570 feet (480 m). A second T-bar was added the following year with a considerably shorter rise of 140 feet (43 m).
The Moser Fire ignited Monday, May 20, 2024 just four miles from the Village of Cloudcroft within the Lincoln National Forest. U.S. Forest Service officials said the wildfire grew to over 100 ...
KTMN (97.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. The station is owned by Cloudcroft Broadcasting Corporation. It airs a classic rock format. [2] The station was assigned the KTMN call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 17, 2014. [3]
Mexican Canyon Trestle is an historic wooden trestle bridge in New Mexico's Sacramento Mountains, Otero County, New Mexico, just outside Cloudcroft, New Mexico. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [2] [3] It is located about .5 miles (0.80 km) northwest of Cloudcroft off US 82. It can be seen from a viewpoint, off ...
The Sunspot telescope facility is in the Sacramento Mountains, approximately 18 miles (29 km) south of Cloudcroft. Access to the facility telescopes and grounds are open for to the public for guided tours. It is funded by the National Science Foundation in partnership with the state of New Mexico.
The site near Cloudcroft was selected by AFAL in 1961 after several months of site characterization, and construction began in 1962. [1] [3] The First light of the Electro-Optical Surveillance Telescope (EOST) was achieved in 1964. The device was a 1.22 m (48 in) Newtonian telescope on a three-axis mount. The azimuth-elevation-azimuth ...