Explorer's Guide New Mexico

by Sharon Niederman

Overview

An illuminating, in- depth guide to the real, living New Mexico

New Mexico-based author Sharon Niederman has been traveling, writing about, and photographing her home state for over two decades. In this third revised and updated edition of Explorer’s Guide New Mexico, she brings readers the very best of New Mexico’s cuisine, lodging, and natural environment. With this comprehensive guide, you can explore spectacularly breathtaking hikes and drives, discover treasures created by local artists, find festivals that celebrate native traditions, get indispensable advice on local attractions, and meet the people who will make your visit to the Land of Enchantment the experience of a lifetime.

Sites include: 
• Manhattan Project National Historic Park 
• Taos and the Enchanted Circle 
• Santa Fe Trail Region 
• Route 66 Country

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781682681909
Publisher:	Countryman Press, The
Publication date:	11/27/2018
Series:	Explorer's Complete
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	217,587
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Sharon Niederman is an award-winning Southwestern author and photographer living in northern New Mexico. She specializes in cuisine, travel, history, women’s history, and spirituality. Her 2012 book, Signs & Shrines, received the prestigious Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award and the Society of American Travel Writers Gold Award. She has twice received the Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award for “literary excellence and enrichment of the cultural heritage of the Southwest.” Her articles have appeared in Sunset, New York Times, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican, Denver Post, and many other publications. She serves on the board of the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum and is past president of New Mexico Press Women and the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society.

Table of Contents

How to Use this Guide 13

What's Where in New Mexico 23

1 Central New Mexico: Rio Grande Country 37

West and East of Albuquerque -Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Placitas, Corrales, Jemez Springs, Belen, Moriarty, Mountainair, Madrid, Cerrillos 39

2 Albuquerque and Beyond 67

Albuquerque: The Duke City 69

3 North Central New Mexico: Georgia O'Keeffe Country 101

Introduction 103

Taos and the Enchanted Circle ? Taos, Quesla, Red River, Angel Fire, Taos Ski Valley, Arroyo Seco 105

High Road Country - Chimayo, Truchas, Cordova, Pebasco, Dixon 131

Rio Chama Country - Abiquiu, Espanoll, Tierra Amarilla, Los Ojoi 139

4 Sauta Fe and Beyond 153

Santa Fe, Tesuque, Los Alamos, La Cienaga, Galisteo 155

5 Northwest New Mexico: Ancestral Pueblo Country 193

Sky City Country - Acoma Pueblo, Crownpoint, Laguna Pueblo, Gallup, Grants, Ramah, Zuni Pueblo 195

Chaco Country - Aztec, Bloomfield, Cuba, Farmington, Shiprock 209

6 Southwest New Mexico: Ghost Town Country 219

Introduction 221

Camino Country - Socorro, Truth Or Consequences, Elephant Butte, Hatch, Las Cruces, Mesilia 225

Old Highway 60 Country - Magdalena, Datil, Pie Town, Quemado 245

Ghost Town Country ? Hillsboro, Glenwood, Reserve, Columbus, Silver City, Deming 251

7 Southeast New Mexico: Billy the Kid Country 271

Introduction 273

Billy's Stomping Grounds-Capitan, Fort Sumner, Lincoln, Carrizozo, Tularosa, Alamogordo, Ruidoso, Roswell, Cloudcroft, Clovis 277

Cavern Country-Carlsbad, White's City 297

Oil Patch Country-Artesia, Hobbs, Lovington, Portales 301

8 Northeast New Mexico: Santa Fe Trail Country 307

Introduction 309

Santa Fe Trail Region-Capulin, Cimarron, Clayton, Des Moines, Eagle Nest, Folsom, Raton, Roy, Springer, Wagon Mound 313

Land Grant Country - Las Vegas, Maxwell, Mora, Ocate, Pecos 329

Route 66 Country-Santa Rosa, Tucumcari 339

Index 352