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Socorro Attractions
BOSQUE DEL APACHE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Each season the Bosque del Apache offers unique bird and wildlife viewing opportunities. Peak visitations occur in winter when bald eagles and thousands of sandhill cranes and snow geese are present.
505-835-0424, 505-835-1828
THE VERY LARGE ARRAY (VLA)
The VLA is made up of 27 radio-telescope antennas in a "Y" pattern spread across the Plains of San Augustin, 50 miles west of Socorro, off U.S. Hwy. 60.
505-835-7000
EL CAMINO REAL HERITAGE CENTER
El Camino Real International Heritage Center, a joint project of New Mexico State Monuments and the United States Bureau of Land Management and supported by the El Camino Real International Heritage Center Foundation, opens as the sixth New Mexico State Monument.
Main phone number: 505-854-3600
TRINITY SITE
TRINITY SHUTTLE TOURS
The location of the world's first atomic bomb explosion in 1945.
505-835-0424
SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
The visitors center is now open to the public. Located off of I-25, exit 169.
505-864-4021, 505-835-0424
GRAN QUIVIRA
Part of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, Gran Quivira is the only site of three located within Socorro County.
505-847-2770.
NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
New Mexico Tech's acclaim in the sciences has helped to draw major research facilities to the area, including the headquarters for the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Large Array, the lightning research facility of Langmuir Lab, a planned telescope in the Magdalena Mountains, and research efforts located on New Mexico Tech land.
801 Leroy Pl.
Socorro, NM 87801
800-428-8324 Ext. 4
PERFORMING ARTS SERIES/MACEY CENTER CONFERENCE CENTER
This is where you'll find entertainment, performances and music. Tech's Performing Arts Series puts on regular shows here and Tech's students put on a show every spring.
Call for schedule, 505-835-5688
MINERAL MUSEUM
Originated in 1889. The early collection was assembled to assist with the education of engineers and geologists and grew to be one of the finest in the world.
505-835-5140
NMT LIBRARY
Contains artwork from the "1% for the Arts" program as well as regular shows of local interest.
ETSCORN OBSERVATORY
Etscorn is used by Astronomy Club members for research, classes and observing for fun.
NMT GOLF COURSE
Tech's beautiful 18-hole, championship-level golf course is open to the public. Several tournaments are held at the course every year.
801 Leroy Pl.
Socorro, NM 87801
505-835-5335
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