Butterfield Trail

From El Paso to Deming, Lordsburg, Las Cruces, Silver City. Inner Loop: 75-mile drive branches into Gila National Forest.

Getting There & Details

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More Things to Do

Let the road decide.

Plans are useful, but flexibility is where the real discoveries happen.

Florida Mountains

Gym Peak at 7,106 feet, Florida Peak at 7,295 feet. Seasonal quail / ibex hunts,…

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Somewhere between here and nowhere.

The spaces in between are often the most memorable.

Deming Luna Mimbres Museum

Frontier military history and Mimbres exhibits, gems, minerals, geodes. Mimbres pottery room.

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The road is the experience.

Getting there is often the point, not just the outcome.

City of Rocks State Park

Rocks form centuries-old volcanic-ash flow, some 50-feet high. Visitor center, botanical garden, campsites, handicapped-accesible showers.

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Take the long way.

The best parts of the trip are usually the ones you didn't plan.

Historic Walking Tour

16 Buildings on State Historic Registry, 4 on National Registry of Historic Places, including post…

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