New Mexico National Parks and Other Local Attractions

Above: New Mexico National Parks: Carlsbad Caverns.

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facts about New Mexico

1. New Mexico's official state flower is the Yucca.

2. New Mexico's official state tree is the Pinyon.

3. New Mexico's official state bird is the Roadrunner.

4. New Mexico has 39 state parks and one National Park.

5. New Mexico is divided into six geographical regions: Northwest, North Central, Northeast, Central, Southwest and Southeast.

7. The five largest cities in New Mexico (by population size) are Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Rio Rancho, Santa Fe and Roswell, in that order.

8. Albuquerque is the only city in New Mexico with more than half a million people.

Below: The White Sands of Alamogordo is not listed among New Mexico National Parks,

but is just as popular a destination as Carlsbad Caverns.

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New Mexico Indian Tribes

Below: The awe-inspiring Cox Canyon Arch.

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National Parks

State Parks

Below: The Painted Desert, Ghost Ranch.

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new mexico national parks

Above: Battleship Rock.

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Above: Jemez Hot Springs.

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Above: Spence Hot Springs.

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Above: Red Rock State Park in Gallup.

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Above: New Mexico National Parks - The remains of the original church at Taos Pueblo.

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Above: Albuquerque.

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Above: Downtown Santa Fe.

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Above: New Mexico State University campus.

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Above: A freight train roars through central New Mexico under a fiery sky at sunset.

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