Hillsboro, New Mexico
Attraction Listing for Hillsboro, NM
- Lake Valley Backcountry Byway Scenic Drives
- Hillsboro Mining Towns
- Kingston Mining Towns
- Percha Valley Bank Museum Museums
- Lake Valley Ghost Towns
Begin at Caballo, 16 miles south of TorC on I-25, go 17 miles west on NM-152 to Hillsboro, drive 31 miles south on NM-27 to Nutt (through Lake Valley); turn west onto NM-26, driving 28 miles southwest toward Deming. Informational kiosks on NM-27 in Lake Valley area and NM-152, 8
Hillsboro, NM Scenic DrivesHighlights orgin of U.S. missle / space activity, Atomic Age. Inform guard you are going to visit museum or Missle Park....
Local history, artifats of Wild West, mining, cattle drives, circa 1885-1930....
Walking trail. Hillsboro Peak is one of several lookouts....
Reproduction of Michelangelo's Pieta, dedicated in 1875 to establishment of Loretto Academy....
Many bird species. North of Cliff along confluence of Mogollon Creek and Gila River....