Socorro, New Mexico
Socorro Fat Tire Trails
Quebradas to east, Rio Grande floodplain and Bosque del Apache to south. Magdalena / San Mateo mountains to west, to north San Lorenzo Canyon and petroglyphs at San Acacia....
Socorro Fat Tire Trails
Late 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 RecreationSite of March 9, 1916, Villa raid on U.S. Camp Furlong site. Botanical Garden, visitors center, 61 campsites....
Monolith resembles praying nun....
Downtown picnicking on banks of Rio Grande....
Pottery collection in Da-Whe Room (including Mimbres), Sierra County history in Wilson, Ralph Edwards, Heritage, Apache rooms...
Ghost town. ...