Penelope’s guidebook
Places Nearby that you Shouldn't Miss
Take your camera, beach towels, a picnic supper....oh and you can borrow our disk sleds so you can fully enjoy the dunes as you race down at top speed (especially if you spray some wax underneath! ;-) And make sure to visit the gift shop before you leave.
White Sands is the best place to be at full moon if you're fortunate enough to be there at the right time.
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Monumento Nacional de las Dunas de Arena Blancas
Take your camera, beach towels, a picnic supper....oh and you can borrow our disk sleds so you can fully enjoy the dunes as you race down at top speed (especially if you spray some wax underneath! ;-) And make sure to visit the gift shop before you leave.
White Sands is the best place to be at full moon if you're fortunate enough to be there at the right time.
Just a few miles heading up toward Cloudcroft you feel the increase in altitude and see some of the most beautiful scenery this state has to offer. The vegetation changes as you climb and pretty soon you find the road winding through tall pines. You have arrived at Lincoln National Forest!
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Bosque Nacional de Lincoln
3463 Las Palomas RdJust a few miles heading up toward Cloudcroft you feel the increase in altitude and see some of the most beautiful scenery this state has to offer. The vegetation changes as you climb and pretty soon you find the road winding through tall pines. You have arrived at Lincoln National Forest!
This is an area of great beauty and just a small part of the lands once occupied by the Mescalero Appache Tribe. It is home to several casinos, and beautiful campgrounds at Silver Lake (https://www.visitruidoso.com/listing/silver-lake/).
Mescalero Reservation
This is an area of great beauty and just a small part of the lands once occupied by the Mescalero Appache Tribe. It is home to several casinos, and beautiful campgrounds at Silver Lake (https://www.visitruidoso.com/listing/silver-lake/).
The New Mexico Museum of Space History is a museum and planetarium complex in Alamogordo, New Mexico, dedicated to artifacts and displays related to space flight and the space age. It includes the International Space Hall of Fame.
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Museo de Historia Espacial de Nuevo México
3198 State Rte 2001The New Mexico Museum of Space History is a museum and planetarium complex in Alamogordo, New Mexico, dedicated to artifacts and displays related to space flight and the space age. It includes the International Space Hall of Fame.
Boutiques, gift shops, restaurants, campgrounds and gorgeous scenery! A fun town to go and just wander around, do a little shopping, and little munching and drive up into the mountains for some awe-inspiring moments!
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Ruidoso
Boutiques, gift shops, restaurants, campgrounds and gorgeous scenery! A fun town to go and just wander around, do a little shopping, and little munching and drive up into the mountains for some awe-inspiring moments!
Skiing, hunting, hiking trails, fishing, Sacramento Mountain Museum, Rails to Trails and the spectacular 13 mile ride to get there from our place!
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Cloudcroft
Skiing, hunting, hiking trails, fishing, Sacramento Mountain Museum, Rails to Trails and the spectacular 13 mile ride to get there from our place!
McGinn's PistachioLand-El pistacho más grande del mundo
7320 US-54Corazón del Desierto Pistachos y Vino
7288 US-54Tularosa Basin Museum of History
1004 N White Sands BlvdGreat ice cream! Open Mike Nights Friday evenings are a blast! Right next to Flickinger's where you'll find great entertainment throughout the year.
Patron's Hall
1106 N New York AveGreat ice cream! Open Mike Nights Friday evenings are a blast! Right next to Flickinger's where you'll find great entertainment throughout the year.
A sweet little zoo with a great aviary!
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Zoológico de Alameda Park
1021 N White Sands BlvdA sweet little zoo with a great aviary!
Toy Train Depot
1991 N White Sands BlvdThere are many great performances throughout the year, something to appeal to 'most everyone!
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
1110 N New York AveThere are many great performances throughout the year, something to appeal to 'most everyone!
A great place to find a treasure to take home from southern New Mexico! (You will also find some of my personal artwork there!)
Tulie Cafe
313 Granado StA great place to find a treasure to take home from southern New Mexico! (You will also find some of my personal artwork there!)
Food scene
We are non-drinkers, but this is a wonderful place to enjoy fire-oven roasted pizza. I have heard the beer selection is great, too! There is plenty of heated, covered patio space to enjoy each other's company at at least a 6' distance from other tables.
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Cloudcroft Brewing Company
1301 Burro AveWe are non-drinkers, but this is a wonderful place to enjoy fire-oven roasted pizza. I have heard the beer selection is great, too! There is plenty of heated, covered patio space to enjoy each other's company at at least a 6' distance from other tables.