The Sacramento Mountains represent the southern-most tip of the Rockies. It's one of the few places in America where you can enjoy 18-holes of outstanding championship golf in the morning at Desert Lakes and ski your way into the twilight at the nearby Ski Apache Ski Resort.

Rising to over 8,000 feet about sea level, the Sacramento's offer an unparalleled diversity of wildlife and botanical variety. There are at least 18 rare plant species located in area including Sacramento prickly poppy, Alamo penstemon, button cactus, and Villard's pincushion cactus. Larger drainages and canyons contain relatively dense arroyo-riparian vegetation with Fremont cottonwood, Arizona ash, netleaf hackberry, and desert willow.

The mountains are home to black bear, elk, mountain lion, bobcat, turkey, and many other animal species. There is a particularly large and healthy deer herd here and cliffs provide suitable habitat for desert bighorn sheep and nesting raptors such as the peregrine falcon. The gray vireo may also occur in the area. Pronghorn are present in the grasslands in the southern portion of the area, and Black-tailed prairie dogs are likely present. These grasslands also provide habitat for Aplomado falcons.

Besides great golf, the Desert Lakes/Sacramento Mountain area provides ample opportunity for spectacular hunting, photography, hiking, rock climbing, backpacking, horseback riding, botanizing, rock hounding, and archaeological sightseeing.

Specifically, Desert Lakes is at 2351 Hamilton Road which is just off highway 54 in Alamogordo, close to the southern intersections of highways 70 and 54.

When you're in the general vicinity feel free to call and we'll talk you in.

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Alamogordo is the Spanish term for "fat cottonwoods" a hallmark of this city founded by two New York City brothers (John and Charles Eddy) back in 1898. Today, Alamogordo is home to over 30,000 residents and is the metropolitan center of the Tularosa Basin.

AREA EVENTS, SITES AND ACTIVITIES

Annual White Sands Balloon Invitational
Every year thousands of balloonists are invited to show off their stuff in the aqua blue skies of Southeast New Mexico.

Cottonwood Arts & Crafts Festival
Known for its plethora of outstanding artists and craftspeople, Southeast New Mexico's premier arts and crafts event is a sight to behold. Leaving with a piece of treasure at a bargain price is as sure a thing as a six-inch put.

Visit the site of the first "Big One"
The nearby Trinity bomb site is the location of the world's very first Atom bomb explosion (July 16, 1945).

Ski Apache Ski Resort
Owned and operated by the Mescalero Apache tribe of New Mexico this breathtaking resort offers world class skiing, casino gambling and a luxurious resort hotel.

Space Hall of Fame and Museum of Space History
A treat for young and old. Take a trip through time to track the evolution of the space program, experience hands-on exhibits and special honors and recognitions to the great men and women of the space and rocketry programs.

White Sands National Park Service
Rising from the heart of the Tularosa Basin is one of the world's great natural wonders - the glistening white sands of New Mexico. Here, great wave-like dunes of gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and have created the world's largest gypsum dune field.

PLANNING A TRIP TO ALAMOGORDO?

OUR SPONSOR LINKS
Visit the Chamber of Commerce
Lynch & Shulse Insurance and Bonds
Alamogordo Federal Savings & Loan
First National Bank

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