Socorro, New Mexico
Trinity Site
Location of the world's first atomic bomb explosion in 1945....
Trinity Site
Garcia Opera House, Socorro Plaza, Spanish colonial & territorial architecture. Also, Old San Miguel Mission, active 1915-1928; south wall dates from 1598
Socorro, NM ToursLate June to late August lightning and thunderstorm research; gate blocks last mile to laboratory (gate is often closed). Hikers, picnickers welcome year-round.
Socorro, NM Recreation...
At end of longest "hoof highway" in New Mexico. Used from as far away as Springerville, Arizona; closed when the AT&SF Railro...
Ghost town....
State's longest meet. Nov.Apr. Tues.,Fri.,Sat.,Sun. racing for quarter horses , thoroughbreds. Daily simulcasting....
Quebradas to east, Rio Grande floodplain and Bosque del Apache to south. Magdalena / San Mateo mountains to west, to north Sa...