Top 5 Places to Travel in New Mexico | United States

New Mexico is located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is known for its beautiful and colorful flat-roofed houses built of adobe and many Native American pueblos scattered throughout Santa Fe New Mexico. New Mexico is a true hiker’s paradise boasting hundreds of trails that leads to cliffs where you can enjoy beautiful vistas and amazing landscapes. So if you are an avid hiker then you are really going to enjoy this place. Here is a list of some of the places of New Mexico where you can go during your vacation and can have fun.

1. Carlsbad Caverns National Park:

 

Carlsbad Interior Formation

Carlsbad Caverns National Park is in Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico. Carlsbad Cavern includes a large cave chamber, the Big Room, a natural limestone chamber. It is the third largest chamber in North America and the seventh largest in the world.

2. White Sands National Monument:

 

White Sands National Monument

The White Sands National Monument is a U.S National monument. This area is in the mountain-ringed Tularosa Basin and comprises the southern part of a field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals. The monument is completely surrounded by military installations.

3. Palace Of Governors:

 

Place Of Governors

The palace of Governors is the oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States. It is an adobe structure located on Palace Avenue on the plaza of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Palace originally served as the seat of government of Spanish colony of Nuevo Mexico, which previously comprised the present-day states of Texas, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California, and New Mexico.

4. Museum Of Space History:

 

Museum Of Space History

Museum of Space history is a museum and planetarium complex in Alamogordo, New Mexico. It includes the international Space Hall of Fame. This museum is dedicated to artifacts and displays related to space flight and the space age.

5. Monastery of Christ in the Desert:

 

Monastery Of Christ

The Monastery of Christ in the desert was founded in 1964 by a monk of Mount Savior Monastery in New York State. The Monastery is surrounded by miles of undisturbed wilderness amidst the Chama Canyon wilderness area 75 miles north of Santa Fe.