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Old Mesilla & Las Cruces

Doña Ana County, NM — about 45 minutes

An adobe plaza where Billy the Kid was sentenced, surrounded by New Mexico chile country.

Why go

  • Green chile everything, plus pecan groves along the highway in.
  • An easy half-day that pairs with the Organ Mountains.

More day trips

White Sands National Park

Gypsum dunes so white they read as snow, and the best sledding in the desert.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

The highest point in Texas, a reef that used to be underwater, and McKittrick Canyon turning gold every fall.