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
IT’S TIME TO STOCK UP ON YOUR SOCORRO CHILE!!!
There is nothing better than fresh New Mexico chile produced in the rich farm lands of the Rio Grande and the Socorro area has many local family farmers who raise more than five varieties of green chile.
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 […]
