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Nearby
Attractions:
- Billy the Kid Scenic Byway
- Received a Scenic Historic Byway designation from the Federal Highway
Commission in June of 1995. Take an online "tour" of the communities along
the Byway.
- Billy
the Kid Casino – Sunday thru Thursday 11:00 am – 11
:00 pm; Friday & Saturday 12:00 noon - 12:00 midnight. Also featuring
simulcast horse racing from around the country.
- Casino
Apache. Live Poker, Blackjack, Craps. 24-Hour Video Slots and Poker.
- Flying
J Ranch - Music, Western Show, Chuckwagon Dinner - (505) 336-4330
- Fort
Stanton Museum - Off Airport Highway on NM 220 - hours 10am-4pm
Thursday thru Monday.
- Golf - Year round
golf on three public courses. Where else can you golf in the morning and
ski in the afternoon?
- Hubbard
Museum of the American West - One of the State's most
respected museums. Housing a magnificent collection of carriages,
wagons, saddles fine art and Indian artifacts. Coming soon the Willie
Nelson Museum – featuring The Legends of Western Music!
- Lincoln
County Gold Mining Company. - Gold panning excursions - (505) 257-4070
- Motorcycle Riding - Being
in Ruidoso without a motorcycle is like being on a lake without a boat.
- National
Forest Information
- Birding - Birds
abound in Ruidoso and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest. And it isn't
far to the migratory flyways.
- Fishing Ruidoso
is surrounded by lakes and streams stocked with trout by the New Mexico
Game and Fish department. Usually the fish are biting somewhere and visitors
have a good chance of making a catch.
- Golf Ruidoso
has three beautiful and challenging golf courses and there are others nearby
in Cloudcroft and Carrizozo, at some of the highest elevations in the United
States. Sunny western weather and cool summers make golf enjoyable year
round.
- Hiking
and Camping The Lincoln National Forest
and two wilderness areas provide opportunity for hiking, backpacking, and
camping in terrain that ranges from the easily accessible to remote and
rugged wilderness.
- Horseback
Riding In the Village of Ruidoso, and in the Lincoln
National Forest surrounding the village, horseback riding offers a classically
Western way to travel.
- Hunting and Fishing Guides
The area around Ruidoso offers some of the best hunting and fishing
in the Southwest.
- Motorcycle
Riding Being in Ruidoso without a motorcycle is like
being on a lake without a boat.
- Mountain
Biking The mountain biking trails around Ruidoso
cover a wide range of difficulty for cyclists of all experience levels,
including a nationally recognized Top-10 trail near Cloudcroft.
- Ruidoso Artists and Galleries
- Some of the best art in the Southwest.
- Ruidoso
Downs Horse Racing - Mid May through Labor Day. Simulcast racing.
- (505) 378-4431
- Skiing From
Thanksgiving to Easter, Ski Apache offers skiing on groomed powder slopes
with the largest lift capacity in New Mexico.
- Sleigh
and Carriage Rides Carriage rides through historic midtown Ruidoso
and sleigh rides in the winter.
- Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts
- An aristocrat among theaters.
- White
Sands National Monument The White Sands National
Monument, about a one-hour drive west of Ruidoso, is one of the most unusual
places on earth. It's a vast landscape of brilliant white sand with huge
dunes covering nearly 300 square miles.
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