San Lorenzo Canyon
San Lorenzo Canyon is a seldom used recreation area located just north of Socorro, New Mexico. It consists of one long canyon that is fed by a number of smaller canyons. visitors can expect to see slot canyons, caves, hoodoos, and other geographical oddities. This visit was timed to coincide with peak foliage season for the few cottonwoods and oaks that grow on the floor of the main canyon.
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The Tularosa Basin lies between the Sacramento, San Andres and Oscura mountain ranges in south central New Mexico, on the southern tip of the Colorado Plateau and the northern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert. Major attractions include the mountain communities of Cloudcroft, Carrizozo, and Ruidoso, and such natural wonders as White Sands National Monument and the Lincoln National Forest. To see more of White Sands National Monument, CLICK HERE
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Mesa Verde National Park
The Trail of the Ancients is a national scenic byway that takes travelers through four states and across millenia to visit ancient sites of pre-colombian splendor and mystery that were built upon and made one with the austere landscape of the southwest plains and the near vertical escarpments of the San Juan Mountains and the Colorado Plateau. Of the many exciting and beautiful locations along the trail, Mesa Verde, with its 4,000 total archaeological sites and 600 cliff dwellings, may rightly be considered the jewel in the crown. To see more Mesa Verde photos, GO HERE.
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Canyonlands and Dead Horse Point
The Grand Circle is the designation for a highway loop that takes drivers on a grand tour of national parklands, cliff dwellings and other relics of the ancients, and the spectacular scenery that makes the landscape of the american southwest so immediately identifiable. The route runs for approximately 1200 miles and encompasses Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Capitol Reef National Park, Arches National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Monument Valley Tribal Park and the Grand Canyon. Slight detours can take travelers to Sedona, the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, Canyon de Chelly and Hovenweep national monuments in Arizona, and and Red Rock Canyon near Las Vegas.
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This stand of aspens is located in the Jack’s Creek recreation area of the Pecos Wilderness, in northern New Mexico. For more photos of the Pecos Wilderness area, click here:
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