- Quebranas Back Country Byway
- 24 mile-long dirt road east of the Rio Grande meanders through interesting and diverse geology and
- Rio Bonito Recreation Area
- Rio Grande Nature Center
- Located on the central Rio Grande flyway, Rio Grande Nature Center State Park is winter home to Canada geese, sandhill cranes, and various species of ducks and other waterfowl.
- Rockhound State Park
- Rugged slopes of the Florida and Little Florida Mountains are home to Rockhound State Park. Hiking trails offer views of nearby "sky islands." Agates and quartz crystals can
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
- Once, thriving American Indian trade communities of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking Puebloans inhabited this remote frontier area of central New Mexico. Early in the 17th-century Spanish Franciscans found the
- San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
- The San Andres National Wildlife Refuge is located in the southern San Andres Mountains of southcentral New Mexico. The mountain range, which lies within the northernmost extension of
- San Lorenzo Canyon Recreation Area
- Scenic east-west canyon with ample oudoor opportunities for hiking and primitive
- Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area
- Scenic lake at base of Sangre de Cristo mountains offers boating, fishing, hiking and
- Santa Fe National Forest
- Some of the finest mountain scenery in the Southwest is found in the 1,567,000 acres covered by the Santa Fe National Forest. Elevations rise from 5,300 to 13,101 feet
- Santa Fe National Historic Trail
- Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe Trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1821 until 1846, it was an international commercial
- Santa Fe Pro Musica, Inc.
- Santa Fe Pro Musica was established in 1980. Pro Musica?s mission is to bring together outstanding musicians to inspire and educate audiences of all ages through the performance
- Santa Fe Trail - New Mexico
- The Santa Fe Trail was the first of America's great Trans-Mississippi
- Santa Rosa Dam And Lake
- Impounds the Pecos River approximately 121 mi E of Albuquerque. Follow direction signs through city of Santa Rosa to the lake. The visitor center contains an interesting
- Santa Rosa Lake State Park
- The centerpiece of Santa Rosa Lake State Park is a large reservoir on the plains of eastern New
- Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
- A vast landscape in the heart of New Mexico, Sevilleta National Wildllife Refuge supports four major ecological habitats, encompasses two mountain ranges, and contains stretches of the largest river
- Simon Canyon Recreation Area
- 3811 acres of canyon backcountry offer terrific fishing, dispersed camping, hiking to partially restored Simon Ruin and much wildlife/bird
- Storrie Lake State Park
- Favorable summer breezes attract colorful wind-surfing boards to Storrie Lake State Park, which is also popular for fishing and boating. The visitor center features historical photos of the Santa
- Sugarite Canyon State Park
- Located on the Colorado border, Sugarite Canyon State Park features heavily wooded mountains and meadows painted with wildflowers and butterflies. Visitors can fish and boat (electric motors only), observe
- Sumner Lake State Park
- Sumner Lake State Park offers many activities, such as camping, hiking, swimming, wildlife viewing and fishing. The lake is home for many warm water species including walleye, bass,
- The Box Recreation Area
- This box canyon provides popular rockclimbing opportunities for even highly-skilled technical
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West
- R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard founded the Hubbard Museum of the American West in 1992. It has grown from its original incredible collection of Anne C. Stradling?s Museum of
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site
- The Three Rivers Petroglyphs are outstanding examples of prehistoric Jornada Mogollon rock art. The basaltic ridge rising above the Three Rivers Valley contains over 21,000 petroglyphs, including masks, sunbursts,
- Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
- In 1838, the United States government forcibly removed more than 16,000 Cherokee Indian people from their homelands in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, and sent them to Indian
- Two Rivers Dam
- The City of Roswell experienced mass flooding from the Rio Hondo in 1937, 1941 and 1954. After the disastrous flood of 1941, Roswell sought to convert the abandoned Hondo
- Two Rivers Dam (Dry Reservoir)
- Visitors can see antelope during fall season. The reservoir is dry except for limited storage during spring runoffs.Two Rivers Dam was constructed to protect the town of Roswell,
- Ute Lake State Park
- Ute Lake State Park, a Canadian River reservoir, offers some of the best walleye fishing in New Mexico.
Anglers can also try their luck for bass, crappie, and
- Valley of Fires Recreation Area
- The Valley of Fires Recreation Area is adjacent to the Malpais Lava Flow, a BLM Wilderness Study Area. The lava flow is between 1,500 and 2,000 years old, making
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park
- The Memorial was established in 1968 by Victor and Jeanne Westphall to honor their son, Lt. David Westphall, who was killed in Vietnam in May 1968. When it
- Villanueva State Park
- Nestled between high red sandstone bluffs along the Pecos River, near the picturesque Spanish-colonial village of Villanueva, lies Villanueva State Park.
Villanueva State Park is a charming riverside park
- White Sands National Monument
- At the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert lies a mountain ringed valley called the Tularosa Basin. Rising from the heart of this basin is one of the world's
