Location: Tularosa
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What to do and see in Tularosa, United States: The Best Places and Tips
Tularosa is a village in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. It shares its name with the Tularosa Basin, in which the town is located. To the east, Tularosa is flanked by the western edge of the Sacramento Mountains. The population was 2,864 at the 2000 census. During the 1990s and early 2000s, the town, north of the much larger Alamogordo, experienced moderate growth and construction as a bedroom community, especially in the housing industry. Tularosa is noted for its abundance of cottonwood shade trees and its efforts to preserve the adobe-style architecture of its past.
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1. Three Rivers Petroglyph Site
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4.5 based on 185 reviews
Thousands of rock drawings left behind by ancient Native Americans can be found scattered throughout the site.
Reviewed By Maelrarny - Taylors, South Carolina
My husband really enjoyed viewing the petroglyphs. This is probably the greatest collection of prehistoric art and you get to explore the site completely on your own. There are sign posts to mark some of the better examples of art. The path to the rest area shelter and back is about 1.25 miles but it often requires leaving the path to scramble over boulders to see some of the art. Across the entrance road, there is a walking path to take you to some early dwellings—not much to see there, but the signage helps you understand what you’re seeing on the ground. You probably need about 2 hours to walk the petroglyph loop and the dwellings path.
2. Heart of the Desert
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4.5 based on 247 reviews
Know your farmer, know your food! Ever wonder what a super food is? Do you know the climate of Alamogordo is identical to Iran? Eagle Ranch is a self contained agribusiness which means that everything that is done to the crop, from start to finish, is done right here on the premises. Our most popular attraction, the FREE farm tour, offers visitors a behind the scenes look at harvesting and processing pistachios while providing unusual and little known facts about one of America's favorite snacks. The tour takes about forty-five minutes. You will visit the field, the processing plant, the salting and roasting facility, as well as our packaging and shipping departments. It's a walking tour with wheelchair accessibility. Don't forget to leave plenty of time to visit our gift shop. We offer FREE samples of our pistachio products and candies, as well as our award winning wines. Enjoy a glass of wine or pistachio ice cream on The Grove Patio overlooking the pistachio trees. The Grove Patio is even available for private events. Free Tours Daily June - August: Monday through Friday, twice a day at 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM September - May: Monday through Friday at 1:30 PM Groups: We are happy to accommodate groups of 10 or more by appointment. Buses Welcome!
Reviewed By Sheryl B - Brighton, Colorado
Not only nuts and wine, they have other gifts and items you don't see everywhere and the staff are always very helpful and friendly. There are samples of everything and we wanted everything we sampled. The dark chocolate toffee and baklava were absolutlely incredible! We...MoreThank you for your review. We love to see that your like shopping at the store and enjoy the sweets!
3. Tularosa Vineyards
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4.5 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By OregonStrider - Portland, Oregon
Drove up from our campground in Alamogordo, had three wineries on our list. As this was the farthest away, started here. The gal working the tasting room was great! 4 bucks for tasting and that is cancelled if you buy some wine. Well, that was easy... we left there with four bottles of wine, each one only 12 bucks and all really good! This is a family run winery, back a short distance on a smooth dirt road. Try the Billy Blush if they have any left as we may have bought nearly the last bottle! If wineries are on your to do list, don't miss this one. A real gem that shouldn't be passed up.
4. Three Rivers Trading Post Gallery
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By Joan C - Reserve, New Mexico
We stopped in here on our way to the petroglyphs. Interesting and eclectic collection of stuff. Lots of books, new and used, paintings, jewelry, pottery, all kinds of stuff in the gallery and gift shop. We peeked into the museum part, which was locked, and it looked like they had a nice collection of regional artifacts. Very nice person working there. Definitely worth a stop and a look.
5. Del Sol
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By rose999 - El Paso, Tx
This store has beautiful handwoven rugs hanging outside on roadside displays. Inside you'll find a big selection of Suthentic Navajo rugs, Zapotec rugs, copies of both made in India at great prices. They also have an excellent selection of Silver Native American jewelry. The salespeople were super friendly too.
6. Tularosa Pecan
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5 based on 2 reviews
Reviewed By Dee H
Great place to get flavored pecans, Baked goods, fudge. They take orders for pies for the holidays. Especially the pecan. There is a large commercial refrigerator that has raw pecans both pieces and whole. This is where I buy my pecans for cooking. They are fresh plump pecans. I pressure seal them, freeze, and then take them to Texas for the holidays.
They have a nice gift shop with emphasis on cooking and jewelry. I bought a glass ring here.
There is a sit down restaurant. But I've never eaten there.
Of course, you can fill up the tank too. Room for big rigs to the north of the lot. Vehicles are refueled in front of the store.
Don't be put off because it's a gas station.
8. Mano y Mente Museum
9. McGinn's PistachioLand
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4.5 based on 1 reviews
PistachioLand- Home of the World's Largest Pistachio, Pistachio Tree Ranch & Arena Blanca Winery -is owned and operated by the McGinn Family and is home to 12,300 trees and 6,000 wine producing grapevines. The original trees were planted in 1980 and the first nuts were harvested in 1984. Today, Pistachio Tree Ranch is a fully integrated farm where the McGinn Family grows pistachios, makes pistachio candy and packages pistachio products sold on their farm and around the United States. Arena Blanca Winery features the McGinn Family's wines produced on the farm from grapes grown in their vineyard. The World's Largest Pistachio monument was finished in 2008 and was built as a tribute to Tom McGinn, whose vision was to grow pistachios in the New Mexico desert. It stands 30 feet tall and has been featured in New Mexico Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, and Parade Magazine. It was filmed in 2010 in the movie, "This Must Be The Place," and on the History Channel's "Only in America" with Larry the Cable Guy in December 2012. Named a New Mexico Treasure by the NM Cabinet Secretary of Tourism, June 2014, on New Mexico Television episode 3. Visit the farm and winery year around, open daily. Motorized Farm Tours Daily. Call ahead for groups larger than 6 people. Weather permitting.
Reviewed By toad94 - Lakewood, Colorado
We stopped so our kids could get a picture with the huge pistachio. We went in to the store just to have a look and were surprised by the variety and quantity of products in the store. We walked out with bags of pistachios of various flavors, hot sauce, salsa, chipotle sauce, jars of herbs & seasonings, and watermelon twists. We'd definitely stop in again to see what else we missed the first time.
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