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FBI evacuated this mountaintop observatory in 2018 with no explanation. The internet went wild.
275 square miles of pure white gypsum dunes — the largest gypsum dunefield on Earth.
275 square miles of pure white gypsum sand dunes. Surreal and otherworldly.
In 1983 Atari buried ~700k unsold E.T. cartridges here. Excavated in 2014 — one ended up in the Smithsonian.
Colonel Stapp hit 632 mph on a rocket sled here in 1954 and stopped in 1.4 seconds — 46.2 Gs.
Ham the chimp trained here before his 1961 spaceflight — the first great ape in space.
The 1898 railroad climbed 4700 feet in 35 miles with 58 trestles to escape desert heat.
Ghost of a redheaded chambermaid named Rebecca has haunted this 1899 lodge for over a century.
Everything Near Alamogordo
18 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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Tularosa Basin Overlook
· Things to Do
A 6500-square-mile graben valley holding White Sands and ice age mammoth footprints.
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New Mexico Museum of Space History
· 1.2 mi · Things to Do
International Space Hall of Fame perched above Alamogordo with a rocket garden and space artifacts.
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Atari Video Game Burial Site
· 2.7 mi · Things to Do
In 1983 Atari buried ~700k unsold E.T. cartridges here. Excavated in 2014 — one ended up in the Smithsonian.
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Holloman High-Speed Test Track
· 8.9 mi · Things to Do
Colonel Stapp hit 632 mph on a rocket sled here in 1954 and stopped in 1.4 seconds — 46.2 Gs.
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Holloman AFB — Ham the Astrochimp
· 9.1 mi · Things to Do
Ham the chimp trained here before his 1961 spaceflight — the first great ape in space.
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Sunspot Solar Observatory
· 11.3 mi · Things to Do
FBI evacuated this mountaintop observatory in 2018 with no explanation. The internet went wild.
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Oliver Lee Memorial State Park
· 11.6 mi · Things to Do
Cattle baron Oliver Lee's Dog Canyon ranch — nearly one million acres. He co-founded Alamogordo in 1898.
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Mexican Canyon Trestle
· 12.5 mi · Things to Do
A 323-foot timber railroad trestle from 1899 still stands in the pines — on the National Register.
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Cloud-Climbing Trestle Trail
· 12.6 mi · Things to Do
A rail-trail through old-growth pine following the vanished railroad. Trestle ruins in the forest.
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Cloud-Climbing Railroad Route
· 12.7 mi · Things to Do
The 1898 railroad climbed 4700 feet in 35 miles with 58 trestles to escape desert heat.
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Osha Trail
· 13.0 mi · Things to Do
Trail named for a sacred healing root used by curanderos. Views across White Sands from 9000 feet.
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The Lodge Golf Course (9000 ft)
· 13.1 mi · Things to Do
One of the highest golf courses in the US at 9000 feet — elk sometimes stroll the fairways.
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The Lodge at Cloudcroft
· 13.2 mi · Things to Do
Ghost of a redheaded chambermaid named Rebecca has haunted this 1899 lodge for over a century.
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The Pavilion Site (1899 Resort)
· 13.2 mi · Things to Do
The railroad built a resort pavilion here in 1899 that burned in 1909. The Lodge replaced it.
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Cloud-Climbing Railroad Route
· 13.2 mi · Things to Do
The 1898 railroad climbed 4700 feet in 35 miles with 58 trestles. Mexican Canyon Trestle still stands.
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Zenith Park
· 13.2 mi · Things to Do
Town gathering place since 1899 — festivals and concerts at 9000 feet elevation.
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Sacramento Mountains Museum
· 13.2 mi · Things to Do
Pioneer history museum in the Sacramento Mountains with artifacts from logging and railroad eras.
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White Sands National Park
· 14.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Look around at this sea of white - it wasn't always like this. Around 12000 years ago, this basin was filled with lakes, streams, and grasslands, home to Ice Age mammals. Rain and snowmelt dissolved gypsum from the…
