What is there to do in Las Cruces, NM?

Question

Id like to visit it. Im moving to Phoenix next month. Im thinking of visiting NM for a vacation someday. Wouldnt be too far from Phx.

Answer 1

Recreation In and Around Las Cruces, NM

Las Cruces Clubs & Organizations Directory

Avid golfers will enjoy the 350 annual days of sunshine at local courses. New Mexico State University offers a public course as does the Sonoma Ranch Golf Course. In addition, the Las Cruces Country Club is a semi-private course open to the public and members, and the Picacho Hills Country Club is available to members only.

The city of Las Cruces also supports numerous parks and playgrounds, baseball and softball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, tennis and handball courts, swimming pools, recreation centers, the Benavidez Community Center and the Munson Senior Center. This year, The Field of Dreams facility opened, providing space for sport and community events.

Additional opportunities for fun are offered by the Sun Lanes Bowling Alley, Tommy's Las Cruces Roller Rink, Club Fusion and the city's Allen movie theaters. A shooting range, riding stables and an auto racing speedway are also available outside of town.

Hiking and camping facilities are also accessible within a short drive. Roughly, 15 miles north of town, campers can enjoy swimming, kayaking and hiking at the Leasburg Dam State Park, open year-round. To the east of town, near San Augustin Pass, the Aguirre Springs campground offers beautiful views to those who enjoy hiking, mountain biking and outdoor cookouts. It is important to bring water, which is not available at the site.

Closer to town, the Organ Mountain Preserve offers a challenging and historical hike that reaches the ruins of a once-famous resort and a large, mysterious cave with a history of its own. The Dripping Springs resort was a well-known nineteenth century hotel that attracted notorious characters such as Pancho Villa and Sheriff Pat Garrett. Likewise, La Cueva was the unlikely home of an eccentric Italian nobleman who lived as a hermit until he died of suspicious death, probably murdered.

Forest sites accessible to persons with disabilities include the La Posada Interpretive Trail, the South Fork Campground and the Cedar Greek Group Campground. For those who prefer professional spectator sports, neighboring El Paso boasts a professional hockey team and minor league baseball.

Outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy relaxing on the water can visit Caballo Reservoir and Elephant Butte Lake, both on the Rio Grande near the neighboring town of Truth or Consequences. Boating, bird watching, fishing and swimming are popular, year-round activities. Elephant Butte State Park also hosts an annual balloon regatta over the lake.

Abundant outdoor opportunities also abound in the sprawling Lincoln National Forest, about 100 miles northeast of Las Cruces. Hiking, camping, hunting, fishing caving, mountain biking, horseback riding, skiing and snowmobiling are just a few of the activities that draw visitors to the forest each year. Area animals include mule deer, turkey, elk and black bears. The forest's most famous black bear was the original Smokey Bear, a small, badly burned bear cub rescued after a forest fire in 1950. Smokey Bear soon became America's beloved symbol for fire prevention.

Answer 2

I've lived in Las Cruces in the past and find it to be a strange blend of old school Mexican culture and retired Midwesterners. There really isn't much to do there and the city government is not progressive. The cost of living is rising while wages remain low. The winter months do provide for great weather but summers are way too hot. Many local people in the area seem small minded and have never left the area to travel or pursue life and have no desire to do so. Many if not most residents speak neither English or Spanish very well and most are on some type of government financial assistance.Other than the NMSU campus and the proximity of LC to El Paso there is little culture or employment opportunities that pay above the $5.15 minimum wage. I realize this is a somewhat bleak picture, but I find it to be the sad reality. I would recommend a brief visit to the quaint nearby village of Messila for a lunch as the extent of your adventure in Las Cruces.

Answer 3

There are many good restaurants, great mexican food. La Posta in Old Mesilla, Chilitos on Valley, Habeneros on Solano. Lorenzo's is good Italian food. There is hiking at Dripping Springs on N. University. There is a hermit's cave there which was an archealogical dig site at one time, other ruins. There are 2 big movie theatres and one discount theatre. Old Mesilla Plaza is an interesting piece of old west history. There is an indoor Aquatic Center on Solano that has a water slide and a warm pool, and kiddy pool attached. Some people like shopping at the downtown mall (which is more of a large plaza) and the bigger Mesilla Valley Mall. There are some nice parks as well, Unidad Park near Mierschedt Recreation center, which has weights, basketball, ping pong, etc.. Corbet Center at the university (NMSU) is interesting to check out, nice campus, a pond where people fish or feed ducks. Lots of fun things to do depending on what you like. 50% of the population is Hispanic and 50% of the Hispanics are bilingual, a nice mixture of West coast, Midwest, and Southern influences to the culture. Driving is odd because many different styles mixed in one city. A red light with a green arrow means you can turn.

Answer 4

There is nothing to do in Las Cruces. It's boring. It would be better for you to stay in El Paso.

Answer 5

Visit that haunted bowling alley in las cruces

Answer 6

well theres bowling, the movies, paintball, the mall, street racing, four wheeling, bingo haha theres a casino close to here, you can visit old mesilla,skate park, bmx track, rec center, which has baseball basketball courts, ping pong pool, raquetball, thers tennis courts, thers alot of stuuff!

Answer 7

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