New Mexico, a hidden treasure of the Southwest, is an enchanting place to live with its open vistas, brilliant skies, friendly people, unique history, diverse cultures, fantastic cuisine and year-round recreational activities.
The normal weather patterns call for warm to hot days and cool nights with scattered thundershowers in the summer and cold nights and moderate days with some snow in the winter. Fall and spring can bring some of the most gorgeous weather, with spring being the most unpredictable.
Drawing on a rich heritage drawn from Native American, Hispanic and Anglo cultures, New Mexico is a mosaic of culture and the arts.
New Mexico is an outdoor recreation paradise with year-round outdoor activities including: hiking, fishing, skiing, white water rafting, kayaking, canoeing, swimming, boating, tennis, mountain biking, caving, horseback riding, rodeos, sand surfing, hunting and golfing.
New Mexico has 31 state parks (17 with lakes), 10 national monuments, five national forests and three national parks.
Green or red? Chile grown mostly in southern and central New Mexico is a staple ingredient in much of the state's native cuisine.
New Mexico is a place full of natural wonders, cultural treasures and a wide diversity of citizens. You are invited to join in the fiestas, markets and fairs that are held in our state throughout the year and celebrate our interwoven cultural backgrounds. Here you will find Pueblo dances that have endured for millennia, Hispanic festivals and customs dating back to the time of the Spanish explorers and open spaces and glorious skies that enticed Western settlers and artists alike.
As the fifth largest state in the nation, New Mexico encompasses a variety of geographical assets. From the spectacular gypsum dunes of White Sands in the south, to mountain ranges and wilderness offering fresh air and freedom for recreation, the life-giving Río Grande that flows from north to south through it all, and the other-worldly volcanic landscapes of badlands, this is a place that invites exploration. You can go underground and view the amazing scenes at Carlsbad Caverns and witness nightly bat flights or chose to relax in our natural hot springs or luxurious spas.
New Mexico 's cities are pulsing with the energy of commerce and art. Our museums, galleries and performing artists will entertain and enlighten you. Come join us for worldclass opera that also offers the possibility of coyotes singing along with the marvelous music. You'll find Native and Hispanic crafts at internationally famous markets and flamenco and powwow dancers and mariachi musicians to lighten your spirit. You'll also find dishes featuring an assortment of chiles to spice up your taste buds at our restaurants and nature's bounty and colorful crafts at our farmers' markets.
This is a land where dinosaurs once roamed and where their fossils are discovered. Traces of earlier peoples still speak to modern-day visitors in untold numbers of petroglyphs and ruins. You may find the famous flute player, Kokopelli, etched or painted onto an ancient boulder and hear melodies of modern day flutists in concert on the same day! Welcome and open your heart to the wonders we are happy to share!