Los Alamos National Laboratory
1943Secret wartime laboratory on a mesa in the Jemez Mountains where scientists built the first atomic bombs during the Manhattan Project.
3.2 mi away
Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Bandelier National Monument
1150Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and cave homes carved into the volcanic tuff of Frijoles Canyon in the Jemez Mountains.
7.8 mi away
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Cone-shaped volcanic rock formations created by eruptions of the Jemez volcanic field 6 to 7 million years ago, located on Cochiti Pueblo land.
16.1 mi away
Things to Do in Los Alamos
historical
0.6 mi away
Ashley Pond Park (Manhattan Project TA-1)
The Manhattan Project nerve center -- Oppenheimer's office was steps from this pond.
quirky
24.9 mi away
Meow Wolf
A mind-bending immersive art experience inside a Victorian house. Nothing prepares you.
quirky
0.6 mi away
P.O. Box 1663
Five thousand people shared one mailing address. Babies were born to a P.O. box.
quirky
0.7 mi away
Bathtub Row
Only houses on the Hill with real bathtubs. Three Nobel laureates lived here.
historical
0.7 mi away
Los Alamos Ranch School Site
Elite boys school seized by the Army in 1943. Students got two weeks notice to vacate.
nature
7.7 mi away
Bandelier National Monument
Over 3000 archaeological sites and ancient cliff dwellings carved into volcanic tuff.
nature
12.0 mi away
Valles Caldera
A 13-mile-wide supervolcano caldera -- one of only three young calderas in the U.S.
food
18.5 mi away
Mine Shaft Tavern
Last building the coal company built (1947). Home to a 40-foot standalone bar.
Everything Near Los Alamos
25 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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Ashley Pond Park (Manhattan Project TA-1)
· 0.6 mi · Things to Do
The Manhattan Project nerve center -- Oppenheimer's office was steps from this pond.
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P.O. Box 1663
· 0.6 mi · Things to Do
Five thousand people shared one mailing address. Babies were born to a P.O. box.
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Bradbury Science Museum
· 0.6 mi · Things to Do
Fat Man and Little Boy bomb casings on display. Free admission.
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Los Alamos Ranch School Site
· 0.7 mi · Things to Do
Elite boys school seized by the Army in 1943. Students got two weeks notice to vacate.
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Bathtub Row
· 0.7 mi · Things to Do
Only houses on the Hill with real bathtubs. Three Nobel laureates lived here.
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Fuller Lodge
· 0.7 mi · Things to Do
A 771-log masterpiece where Oppenheimer held parties and bomb builders danced.
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Omega Bridge
· 0.9 mi · Things to Do
An 820-foot steel arch 107 feet above the canyon named for the reactor it leads to.
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
· 1.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over! You're driving past the birthplace of the atomic bomb. This unassuming spot played a pivotal role in World War II and the dawn of the nuclear age. In 1943, under the cloak of the top-secret Manhattan Project,…
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Los Alamos National Laboratory
· 3.2 mi · Historical Marker
Secret wartime laboratory on a mesa in the Jemez Mountains where scientists built the first atomic bombs during the Manhattan Project.
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Tsankawi Pueblo Ruins
· 6.8 mi · Things to Do
Unexcavated 350-room village with trails worn into bedrock by centuries of foot traffic.
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Puye Cliff Dwellings
· 7.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine living not just near a cliff, but *in* it! That's what life was like here at Puye Cliff Dwellings. Sometime around 1300, the Santa Clara Pueblo people began building their homes and ceremonial spaces directly…
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Bandelier National Monument
· 7.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine carving your home directly into the side of a cliff – that's exactly what the Ancestral Pueblo people did here at Bandelier National Monument. Between about 1150 and 1600, this area thrived as a center of Pueblo…
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Bandelier National Monument
· 7.7 mi · Things to Do
Over 3000 archaeological sites and ancient cliff dwellings carved into volcanic tuff.
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Bandelier National Monument
· 7.7 mi · Things to Do
Ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs. Climb ladders into 800-year-old cave homes.
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Bandelier National Monument
· 7.8 mi · Historical Marker
Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and cave homes carved into the volcanic tuff of Frijoles Canyon in the Jemez Mountains.
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Otowi Suspension Bridge
· 9.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Brave the wooden planks of this single-lane suspension bridge, a relic of 1920s engineering. The Otowi Suspension Bridge was built in 1924, stretching across the Rio Grande near San Ildefonso. It was a vital link,…
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San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
· 9.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over here for a glimpse into a vibrant past and present at San Ildefonso Pueblo, a place where tradition thrives. For over 700 years, the Tewa people have called this area home. The Pueblo is one of the eight…
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Valles Caldera
· 12.0 mi · Things to Do
A 13-mile-wide supervolcano caldera -- one of only three young calderas in the U.S.
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Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico
· 13.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over for a moment and take a look around. You're passing through land that has been home to the people of Santa Clara Pueblo for centuries. Santa Clara Pueblo, or Khaʼpʼoe Ówîngeh in Tewa, meaning 'singing water…
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Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
· 16.1 mi · Historical Marker
Cone-shaped volcanic rock formations created by eruptions of the Jemez volcanic field 6 to 7 million years ago, located on Cochiti Pueblo land.
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La Iglesia de Santa Cruz and Site of the Plaza of Santa Cruz de la Canada
· 16.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine the echoes of history ringing around this very plaza! La Iglesia de Santa Cruz, the Holy Cross Church, has been the heart of this community since the 1700s. The plaza itself, a rectangle bordered by buildings,…
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San Gabriel de Yungue-Ouinge
· 17.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Right here, where the Rio Chama meets the Rio Grande, lies a place that was once the very first capital of Spanish New Mexico. Juan de Oñate arrived here in 1598 and took over the existing Tewa pueblo of Yuque Yunque.…
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Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
· 17.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Hey, check it out - you're near Ohkay Owingeh, one of the oldest continuously inhabited pueblos in the entire United States! It’s been home to people for centuries. This pueblo played a key role in early Spanish-Pueblo…
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Mine Shaft Tavern
· 18.5 mi · Things to Do
Last building the coal company built (1947). Home to a 40-foot standalone bar.
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Nambé Pueblo, New Mexico
· 19.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Pull over for a moment and imagine: this land beneath your tires has been home to the Nambé people for over 600 years. This Pueblo was a major hub when the Spanish arrived in the early 1600s, a center of culture, trade,…
