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Virtual Guidebook to
Southern New Mexico
Entering the Big Room at Carlsbad Caverns.

Table of Contents
(listed from northwest to southeast)

Gila Mountains (5)
Silver City (6)
The Border Route (3)
Rio Grande Valley (3)
Las Cruces and Vicinity (3)
White Sands (6)
Carlsbad Caverns - Underground (7)
Carlsbad Above Ground (2)
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Complete Listing
listed from northwest to southeast

The Gila Mountains
Main Street, Pinos Altos.
The Hearst Church and museum, Pinos Altos.
Looking up at the Mogollon ruins, Gila Cliff Dwellings.
Entering the cliff dwellings, Gila Cliff Dwellings.
Between the two connected caves, Gila Cliff Dwellings.
Silver City
Hilltop view over Silver City.
Broadway at Bullard Street, Silver City.
Bullard Street in busy old town, Silver City.
On a bridge over Big Ditch city park, Silver City.
Western New Mexico State University, Silver City.
The huge Phelps-Dodge open pit mine at Tyrone.
The Border Route
Near the settlement of Windmill in the boot heel of New Mexico.
Old and new stock tanks in the grasslands of southern New Mexico.
Pancho Villa State Park in Columbus, New Mexico.
The Rio Grande Valley
Elephant Butte Dam and reservoir, low water level after years of drought.
Ruins of Fort Selden, a cavalry post near Las Cruces.
"The Sentinel" statue, Fort Selden State Historic Park.
Las Cruces and Vicinity
Historic Mesilla Plaza, on the outskirts of Las Cruces.
The Organ Mountains rise dramatically east of Las Cruces.
Near Aguirre Springs in the Organ Mountains.
White Sands National Monument
At the margin of the dune field, White Sands National Monument.
A few hardy cottonwoods survive amid the gypsum dunes, White Sands.
Evening on the dunes, White Sands.
Near sunset on the dunes, White Sands.
Sunset in the dunes, White Sands National Monument.
Dark falls over the dunes, White Sands National Monument.
Carlsbad Caverns - Underground
Descending switchbacks down the natural entrance to Carlsbad Caverns.
(Above Iceberg Rock, on the descent into CarlsbadCaverns.)
Hall of the Giants, with two huge stalagmites, Carlsbad Caverns.
Fairyland, named for its many small stalagmites, Carlsbad Caverns.
Entering the Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns.
Near one end of the Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns.
Near the center of the Big Room, Carlsbad Caverns.
The snack bar and souvenir stand, 750 feet underground in Carlsbad Caverns.
Carlsbad Above Ground
On the edge of the plateau, under which lies Carlsbad Caverns.
Walnut Canyon, typical Chihuahuan desert vegetation.

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