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Ruidoso [1] is a town in southeastern New Mexico. Its attractions include pleasant mountain recreation and world-caliber horse racing. During the summer population triples as New Mexicans and Texans arrive to enjoy the horse races, gambling, and cool mountain air.

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Ruidoso is on US 70 between Alamogordo and Roswell; the latter has limited commuter air service. The nearest airports with major commercial air service are in Albuquerque and El Paso, each about 150 miles away.

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• Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino, in the adjacent village of Ruidoso Downs, [2]. Horse racing from Memorial Day to September, culminating in the major All American Futurity, a $2-million event on Labor Day that bills itself as the richest quarter-horse race in the United States.
• Hubbard Museum of the American West, 841 US 70 West (Ruidoso Downs), +1 575 378-4142, [3]. Open 7 days 9 AM - 5 PM; fee. Includes the Ruidoso Downs Racing Hall of Fame.

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• Story Book Cabins, 410 Main Road, Ruidoso NM 88345, ☎ 888-257-2115, [4]. Upscale rustic knotty pine cabins nestled amid the tall trees of Ruidoso's Upper Canyon. Amenities include full kitchen, washer/dryer, fireplace, hot tub, and deck views of Sierra Blanca. $119 - $349. (33.334137,-105.6918883) edit
• Evergreen Manor Bed & Breakfast, 389 State Hwy. 37, Nogal, NM 88341, ☎ 575-336-1231, [5]. checkin: 4 PM; checkout: 12 PM. Don't just book a room, book a mountain of memories. Affordable, scenic, and romantic B&B near Ruidoso, New Mexico. Organically prepared full breakfasts, optional dinner service. Centrally located to Lincoln County area attractions. 4 rooms, each with private bath, decorated with early 1900's antiques. Hot tub, porches, decks, community parlor, wedding facilities. $79-$179.  edit
• Black Bear Lodge, 428 Main Road, +1 877 257-1459, [6]. Describes itself as "a Bed & Breakfast retreat for single adults or couples." All rooms non-smoking.
• Inn of the Mountain Gods, Carrizo Road, +1 800 545-9011, [7]. A well-known casino/resort on the adjacent Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation just south of town.
• Condotel, 1103 Mechem Drive, +1 800 545-9017, Offers vacation rental condos, cabins, and homes of all sizes throughout the Ruidoso, NM region.
• JD's Tree House,[8], One of Condotel's vacation rentals, +1 800 545-9017, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, fireplce, hot tub, in the tall cool pines of Ruidoso, NM.
• Best Western Pine Springs Inn , 888-353-2793, [9].

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• Alpine skiing is available at the nearby Ski Apache downhill area, on the Apache Reservation, +1 575 464-3600, [10]. Drive west from Ruidoso on NM 532 to the site.
• Cloudcroft [11], south of town via NM 244, is another resort town in the Sacramento Mountains with abundant opportunities for outdoor recreation.
• The National Solar Observatory [12] has a major facility at the mountain-top "town" (really just the observatory and related services) of Sunspot, south of Cloudcroft via NM 6563. Visitors are usually welcome during daylight hours; the facility shares a visitor center [13] with adjacent Apache Point Observatory.

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