Sep 11: Shakespeare Ghost Town visitors day
Visitors are welcome to tour town. 3 miles southeast of Lordsburg 575-542-9034
Sep 24: 30th Annual Whole Ebchilata Fiesta 2010
The 30th annual celebration should be bigger and better than previous years Las Cruces 575-571-9569
Sep 25: Mimbres Valley Harvest Festival
The 5th annual Mimbres Festival started with a small group of energetic ladies and a smakk amount of seed money.
Come enjoy the local food and the excitement of locals proud of their communities. Half-hour east of Silver City at San Lorenzo school grounds 575-313-5247
Oct 9: Shakespear Ghost Town -- Visitors Days
Shakespeare Ghost Town is open to the public to tour. 3 miles sotheast of Lordsburg 575-542-9034
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Attractions and destinations near
Plan your visit to Old West Country
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- Celebrate Women of New Mexico with
Author Sharon Niederman
 Join Sharon Niederman as she reads from her book, A Quilt of Words: Women’s Diaries, Letters & Original Accounts from 1860-1960. Sharon’s reading of her award-winning collection of pioneer journals will follow a video screening based on the book. Sharon will also debut her new novel, Return to Abo, a book inspired by stories of New Mexico ranch women collected by the author for almost two decades. Return to Abo is a finalist for the 2006 WILLA Award for women’s contemporary fiction.
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- Come to Old West Country for soltitude!
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- Driving Tour F: Albuquerque, Carlsbad, Old West Country, Tucson, Phoenix and Albuquerque
 This loop takes you through the best of Old West and of the US Southwest, with stops in New Mexico's largest city, Arizona's capital, and gorgeous destinations throughout!
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- Fishing in Old West Country
Although Old West Country is often an arid landscape, lakes and streams provide opportunities to fish for trout, smallmouth bass, catfish and more. Given the huge variations in altitude experienced in Old West Country, a fisherman can chase trout in the morning, bass in the afternoon and catfish in the evening!
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- Ghost Towns . . . Old Mining Towns . . . and Old Forts
Six of our seven counties have ghost towns or old mining towns, some still have residents. Some have pages on our website (those with an "x" next to their names)
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- Manzano's RV Park
Manzano's RV Park is located in the foothills of the Gila National Forest and is surrounded by pinion, juniper and oak trees.
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- Old West Trails
The new Old West Trails. To learn more about and of the attractions or advertisers, just click on the item of interest.
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- Old West Trails: get your FREE copy now!
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- Old West Trails: get your FREE copy now!
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- Plan Your Old West Country Adventure!
New Mexico's Old West Country has tens of millions of wilderness acres for your next adventure: Climb, hike, camp, fish and more... and really get away from it all in some of America's most pristine and remote wilderness areas.
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- Southwest NM Birding Trail Site 45:
Quemado Lake area
The 800-acre Quemado Lake Recreation Area is located approximately 20 miles south of Quemado. The recreation area includes the 131 acre manmade trout lake with two ADA fishing piers, two boat ramps, seven developed campgrounds, one primitive campground, and links to more than seven miles of hiking trails. The lake is nestled between piñon-juniper woodlands and pine forests at an elevation of 7860 feet.
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- Southwest NM Birding Trail Site: 06 to 09:
Hachita, Animas, Rodeo
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- Spring Fiesta at El Camino Real International Heritage Center
 El Camino Real International Heritage Center will have its 2nd annual Spring Fiesta, a celebration of New Mexico’s environment, natural resources, and wildlife. Informational booths and hands-on activities will be available for visitors of all ages from 11 am – 4pm. Guests will include ZOO TO YOU VAN (courtesy of Rio Grande Zoo, City of Albuquerque), NM State Parks, and SITEWATCH Archeological Group.
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- State Bike Route 18: Cliff to Deming
 State Bike Route 18 will be signed in Fall 2007 along US180 between Deming and Cliff, a distance of just under 80 miles. The western part of the route will follow US180 between Cliff and Silver City, a segment of both the Tour of the Gila, New Mexico's largest stage race, and of Adventure Cycling Association's "Southern Tier Route" for cross-country cyclists.
Located at the convergence of the Southern Tier Route and Adventure Cycling Associations's Great Divide Mountain Bike Route, Silver City offers a bounty of bicycling opportunities. North of Silver City, the Southern Tier Route includes a challenging detour to the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument via two narrow state highways, NM15 and NM35. State Bike Route 18 diverges from the Southern Tier Route east of Silver City in Santa Clara, where the route mapped by Adventure Cycling Association heads east toward the Rio Grande on scenic but mountainous and narrow NM152.
East of Silver City, State Bike Route 18 will provide local connections through wide paved shoulders to the nearby communities of Santa Clara, Bayard and Hurley. Thirteen miles south of Hurley and four miles up NM61, camping is available at City of Rocks State Park. The City of Deming lies 23 miles further south on US180 at I-10.
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- Walking New Mexico With Susan Reynolds
Writer, artist, distance walker and adventurer Susan Reynolds embraces life as an exciting journey walking a distance of approximately 300 miles from Las Cruces, New Mexico to Santa Fe in April 2008 to promote the sport of walking. She’ll walk along dirt tracks and back roads echoing the ancient Camino Real trade route and the Turquoise Trail. Her path will take her through the historically infamous area in New Mexico known as the Jornada del Muerto. Join Reynolds as she shares a slide-show presentation highlighting her journey.
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