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Also known as: The City of the Crosses
Las Cruces, the second-largest city in New Mexico, thrives dynamically in Doña Ana County along the fertile floodplains of the Rio Grande in the sun-drenched southern part of the state. Framed to the east by the spectacular, jagged granite spires of the Organ Mountains, the city is a major agricultural, educational, and aerospace center, home to New Mexico State University. Las Cruces is celebrated for its deep Mexican-American cultural fusion, legendary local red and green chiles grown in nearby Hatch, and its proximity to the birthplace of space commerce at the nearby Spaceport America. It blends a vibrant, progressive college-town atmosphere with rich Spanish colonial history, historical plazas, and limitless year-round outdoor recreation under 350 days of annual sunshine.
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Suggested stay: 2–3 days
Hike the dramatic trails at Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, wander the 19th-century historic adobe plaza of Mesilla, visit the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, and sample spicy Mexican dishes at the Downtown Plaza Farmers Market.
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