Alamogordo, New Mexico NM Hotels/Motels/Lodging

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Alamogordo is a city in Otero County, New Mexico, United States of America. The population was 35,582 at the 2000 census. The city name is a Spanish word meaning "fat cottonwood". It is the county seat of Otero County.

Points of Interest Within the City:
New Mexico Museum of Space History - which includes the International Space Hall of Fame, sits on the western face of the Sacramento Mountains in the city of Alamogordo, New Mexico in the United States.

Tularosa Basin Historical Society Museum

The Toy Train Depot, Inc. is a non-profit store and museum dedicated to scale model reproductions of railroad equipment. The Toy Train Depot also runs a sixteen-inch track model train line that takes visitors for rides around the museum grounds and through a nearby park.

Near By:
The picturesque Lincoln National Forest is accessible via U.S. Route 82 or U.S. Route 70.

The White Sands National Monument, a U.S. National Monument, is located about 15 miles (25km) southwest of Alamogordo along U.S. Route 70. The area is in the mountain-ringed Tularosa Basin valley area and comprises the southern part of a 275-square mile (710km²) field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.

The large "A" painted on the side of the Sacramento Mountains, annually repainted by the students of Alamogordo High School.

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