Everything Alamogordo is known for
FBI evacuated this mountaintop observatory in 2018 with no explanation. The internet went wild.
275 square miles of pure white gypsum dunes — the largest gypsum dunefield on Earth.
275 square miles of pure white gypsum sand dunes. Surreal and otherworldly.
In 1983 Atari buried ~700k unsold E.T. cartridges here. Excavated in 2014 — one ended up in the Smithsonian.
Colonel Stapp hit 632 mph on a rocket sled here in 1954 and stopped in 1.4 seconds — 46.2 Gs.
Ham the chimp trained here before his 1961 spaceflight — the first great ape in space.
The 1898 railroad climbed 4700 feet in 35 miles with 58 trestles to escape desert heat.
Ghost of a redheaded chambermaid named Rebecca has haunted this 1899 lodge for over a century.
18 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
A 6500-square-mile graben valley holding White Sands and ice age mammoth footprints.
International Space Hall of Fame perched above Alamogordo with a rocket garden and space artifacts.
In 1983 Atari buried ~700k unsold E.T. cartridges here. Excavated in 2014 — one ended up in the Smithsonian.
Colonel Stapp hit 632 mph on a rocket sled here in 1954 and stopped in 1.4 seconds — 46.2 Gs.
Ham the chimp trained here before his 1961 spaceflight — the first great ape in space.
FBI evacuated this mountaintop observatory in 2018 with no explanation. The internet went wild.
Cattle baron Oliver Lee's Dog Canyon ranch — nearly one million acres. He co-founded Alamogordo in 1898.
A 323-foot timber railroad trestle from 1899 still stands in the pines — on the National Register.
A rail-trail through old-growth pine following the vanished railroad. Trestle ruins in the forest.
The 1898 railroad climbed 4700 feet in 35 miles with 58 trestles to escape desert heat.
Trail named for a sacred healing root used by curanderos. Views across White Sands from 9000 feet.
One of the highest golf courses in the US at 9000 feet — elk sometimes stroll the fairways.
Ghost of a redheaded chambermaid named Rebecca has haunted this 1899 lodge for over a century.
The railroad built a resort pavilion here in 1899 that burned in 1909. The Lodge replaced it.
The 1898 railroad climbed 4700 feet in 35 miles with 58 trestles. Mexican Canyon Trestle still stands.
Town gathering place since 1899 — festivals and concerts at 9000 feet elevation.
Pioneer history museum in the Sacramento Mountains with artifacts from logging and railroad eras.
Look around at this sea of white - it wasn't always like this. Around 12000 years ago, this basin was filled with lakes, streams, and grasslands, home to Ice Age mammals. Rain and snowmelt dissolved gypsum from the…