List of National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico
Appearance
From List of National Natural Landmarks, these are the National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico. There are 12 in total.
Name | Image | Date | Location | County | Ownership | Description | |
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1 | Border Hills Structural Zone | 1980 | Lincoln | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | A rare example of wrench faulting outside the Pacific Coast region. | ||
2 | Bitter Lake Group | 1980 | Chaves | federal (Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge) | Saline artesian lakes that provide habitat for the only inland occurrence of a marine alga and two rare fish species. | ||
3 | Bueyeros Shortgrass Plains | 1980 | Harding | private | An example of the blue grama-buffalograss prairie of the Great Plains. | ||
4 | Fort Stanton Cave | 1980 | Lincoln | federal (Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area) | Cave containing distinctive examples of selenite needles, starbursts, and velvet flowstone. | ||
5 | Grants Lava Flow | 1969 | Valencia | federal (El Malpais National Conservation Area) & native (Acoma Pueblo) | One of the best examples of recent extrusive volcanism. | ||
6 | Ghost Ranch | ![]() |
1975 | Rio Arriba | private | Fossil site where well-preserved Coelophysis skeletons were found. | |
7 | Kilbourne Hole | ![]() |
1975 | Doña Ana | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | An example of an uncommon volcanic feature known as a maar. | |
8 | Mathers Research Natural Area | 1980 | Chaves | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | The best example of a shinnery oak-sand prairie community in the southern Great Plains. | ||
9 | Mescalero Sands South Dune | 1982 | Chaves | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | The best example of an active sand dune system in the southern Great Plains. | ||
10 | Ship Rock | ![]() |
1975 | San Juan | native (Navajo Nation) | An outstanding example of an exposed volcanic neck accompanied by radiating dikes. | |
11 | Torgac Cave | 1974 | Lincoln | federal (Bureau of Land Management) | Cave with distinctive branching stalactites and helictites, the type site of Torgac-type helictites. | ||
12 | Valles Caldera | ![]() |
1975 | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | federal (Valles Caldera National Preserve) | One of the largest calderas in the world. |