Sunset at Bosque del Apache
Festival of the Cranes
Annually in November
17,000 Sandhill Cranes
winter here each year
(Up from 17 in 1940)
Smile!
You're in Chile Country!
Socorro's Historic Plaza
Old San Miguel Mission
The Art Wheel
near Socorro's
Historic Plaza
The Karl G. Janksy Very Large Array
West of Magdalena on the Plains of San Augustin
El Camino Real International Heritage Center
Fort Craig - a remnant
from the Civil War Era
M Mountain, Socorro
Visit Socorro New Mexico
32nd Annual Festival of the Cranes
The 32nd Annual Festival of the Cranes is a celebration of the winter migration of the sandhill cranes to the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Avid birders from around the world flock to the Refuge to view the spectacular exhibit of fowl.
Visit the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
The Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, fondly known as “The Bosque,” is in New Mexico near the small town of San Antonio, NM, 9 mi. south of Socorro, and less than an hour and a half from Albuquerque.
TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO VISIT THE KARL J. JANSKY VERY LARGE ARRAY
DAILY WALKING TOUR AND GUIDED TOURS THE FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH The Very Large Array (VLA) is comprised of 27 radio telescopes in a “Y” pattern spread across the plains of San Agustin 50 miles west of Socorro. The VLA has been used by more astronomers and has been mentioned in more scientific papers […]
