Las Vegas is located 63 miles northeast of Santa Fe on Interstate 25, at an elevation of 6,470 feet in San Miguel County. The town is filled with historic buildings, including Victorian and Queen Anne homes. New Mexico was proclaimed a United States Territory from a one-story building on the north side of Old Town Plaza in 1846.
Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge covers 8,672 acres including grasslands, croplands, marshes, and ponds. The area is a winter habitat for over 270 species of birds such as migratory birds, hawks, sandhill cranes, eagles, and waterfowl. Other wildlife include antelope, badgers, coyotes and bobcats.
Address: Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge, Route 1, Box 399, Las Vegas, NM 87701-0399, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 425-3581, Fax: 1 (505) 454-8510
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Tips: The Refuge headquarters office is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Luna Vocational Technical Institute located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range overlooking Las Vegas New Mexico is the only vocational technical school in northeastern New Mexico.
Address: Luna Vocational Technical Institute, Hot Springs Boulevard, Box 1510, Las Vegas, NM 87701-1510, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 454-2500, Fax: 1 (505) 454-2588
The 175 acre campus of Highlands University is located in Las Vegas New Mexico. Founded in 1893 as New Mexico Normal School the university offers programs in arts and sciences, business, education, and social work.
New Mexico Highlands University Anthropology Laboratory is part of the School of Behavioral Sciences. It houses a collection of artifacts from digs done on the university grounds.
Address: New Mexico Highlands University Anthropology Laboratory, School of Behaviorial Sciences New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM 87701-4073, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 454-3321, Fax: 1 (505) 454-3331
The Rough Riders Memorial and City Museum in Las Vegas has exhibits on local history, ranching, Native Americans, the railroad, Santa Fe Trail and the Rough Riders. The artifacts, archives and photographs from the Rough Riders date back to the Spanish-American War.
Address: Rough Riders Memorial and City Museum, 725 North Grand Avenue, Las Vegas, NM 87701-4559, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 454-1401, Fax: 1 (505) 425-7335
Storrie Lake State Park is a manmade reservoir four miles north of Las Vegas. Fishing and boating are the most popular activities however summer breezes attract windsurfers, and a visitor center has exhibits on local history.
Address: Storrie Lake State Park, HC 33, Box 109, #2, Las Vegas, NM 87701-0109, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 425-7278, Fax: 1 (505) 425-0446
The first fort on the site of Fort Union National Monument was established in 1851 to protect the Santa Fe Trail. Three forts were built near each other on this site. Ruins of all three can be visited, along with some remains of the Santa Fe Trail.
The Mora National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center works in conjunction with its counterpart in Dexter to preserve endangered fish species and stock lakes in the Southwest.
Address: Mora Technology Center and National Fish Hatchery, Box 689, Mora, NM 87732-0689, United States
Phone: 1 (505) 387-6022, Fax: 1 (505) 387-9030
Watrous is located just south of Interstate 25 in Mora County, the closest town to Fort Union National Monument. Both branches of the Santa Fe Trail used to join here.
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Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union National Monument, Watrous
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Fort Union National Monument, Watrous
Fort Union National Monument, Watrous
Fort Union National Monument, Watrous
Fort Union National Monument, Watrous
Fort Union National Monument, Watrous
