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New Mexico, United States
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Southeastern New Mexico is a region of the state of New Mexico in the United States of America. It is less well endowed with significant travel destinations than most other regions of New Mexico, but does include the spectacular Carlsbad Caverns National Park, a vast and scenic sea of sand at White Sands National Park, mountain scenery in the Sacramento and Guadalupe Mountains, and the town of Roswell, which enjoys a weird notoriety among UFO aficionados.
Carlsbad (CNM), Clovis (CVN), Roswell (ROW) and Hobbs (HOB) have limited commuter air service. Otherwise, those arriving by air may find it more convenient to fly into Lubbock, Midland, El Paso, or Amarillo.
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A large community on the western side of this region with a few attractions, most notably an extensive museum of space history with exhibits and artifacts on space travel.
A town that serves as the gateway to the Carlsbad Caverns and holds much of the traveler amenities for those heading to the caverns.
A resort town high in the Sacramento Mountains with some lovely mountain scenery and interesting nearby attractions like a solar observatory.
A prominent community near the Texas border with some minor attractions.
A small desert town most famed as the final resting place of Old West outlaw Billy the Kid.
Another prominent community near the Texas border.
A small community in the Sacramento Mountains noted for its association with Billy the Kid.
A fairly quiet agricultural town near the Texas border.
The largest town in this region, famed for its curious association with an alleged UFO crash.
The largest community in the Sacramento Mountains, popular among travelers — particularly Texans seeking cool mountain air — for its mountain scenery, resorts, and horse racing track.
A park famed for its massive and dazzling underground caverns, among the largest in the world.
Encompasses much of the mountainous terrain of this region.
Contains the vast reach of the world's largest gypsum sand dune field.
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