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Dripping Springs Natural Area 5000 Dripping Springs Rd, Las Cruces, NM 88011 ☎ +1 575-525-4300 Last Updated: 07/25/2025 |
| The Dripping Springs Natural Area has over four miles of easy hiking trails, including the Dripping Springs Trail, which shows off desert scrub and low elevation pinon-juniper and oak woodlands. The area also boasts excellent wildlife viewing opportunities, including excellent year-round viewing of red-tailed hawk, Gambel's quail, golden eagle and rock squirrel. | |
| The Dripping Springs Natural Area offers very good year-round viewing of desert mule deer and coyote. Also watch for black-throated sparrow, ladder-backed woodpecker, verdin, black-tailed gnatcatcher, lesser nighthawk, Scott's oriole, cactus wren, desert cottontail, and collared and tree lizard in the spring and summer. | |
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La Cueva Picnic Area Place » Outdoors La Cueva Rock Shelter is an archeological site located at the foot of the Organ Mountains outside Las Cruces. This feature is now part of the Organ Mountain - Desert Peaks National Monument. The shelter was occupied from almost 5,000 BC through the historic period that followed the arrival of the Europeans. 55 views 💖 1 👍 0Las Cruces, NM 88011 |
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Las Cruces Place » City At the crossroads of interstates 10 and 25, you’ll find Las Cruces, NM. Las Cruces, the state’s second largest city, is a welcoming destination with a vibrant culture, bold flavors, expansive outdoor recreation, revitalized downtown and thriving space industry. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. 127 views 💖 1 👍 0New Mexico |