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Continue on NM 122 to NM 117 and drive south to the El Malpais National Monument, made about 3,000 years ago by lava flows. [7] [11] Return to Grants and from NM 122, take NM 53 south to the Ice Cave and Zuni-Bandera volcanic field, where there is the "Chain of Craters" of cinder cones. [7] [11]
Grants is a city in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States. It is located about 78 miles (126 km) west of Albuquerque. The population was 9,163 at the 2020 Census. [5] It is the county seat of Cibola County. [6] Grants is located along the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways. [7]
El Malpais National Monument is a National Monument located in western New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States. [3] The name El Malpais is from the Spanish term Malpaís, meaning badlands, due to the extremely barren and dramatic volcanic field that covers much of the park's area.
The Big Bead Mesa site is located in a remote area between Grants, New Mexico and the Jemez Pueblo northwest of Albuquerque. The main areas of the site are located along the northeastern edge of a large mesa, which extends northeast from Grants and includes Mount Taylor. The name of the site is derived from fossilized beads found at the base of ...
Sep. 4—The New Mexico State Fair begins Thursday and continues through Sept. 15 at Expo New Mexico in Albuquerque. Here are five things you should know before you visit. 1) On opening day ...
Zuni Mountain Stupa is a Tibetan Buddhist temple of the Nyingma school in the Zuni Mountains in Grants, New Mexico, consecrated in 2009. [1] A library of Buddhist texts from the Tengyur and the Kangyur is stored in the dome. [2]
Zuni-Bandera volcanic field (also known as Bandera lava field, Grants Malpais and Malpais volcanic field) is a volcanic field located in the state of New Mexico, United States. [1] The volcanic field has been considered for geothermal exploitation. [2] It is on the Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico Scenic Byways. [3]
New Mexico State Parks Division Bluewater Lake State Park is a state park in Prewitt , New Mexico , United States, located in the Zuni Mountains 30 miles (48 km) west of Grants . [ 2 ] The park itself encompasses approximately 3,000 acres (12 km 2 ), and the lake has a surface area of approximately 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2 ).