Travel Day -> New Mexico

New Mexico is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona.



Abbreviation: NM

Capital: Santa Fe

Temperature: 77 degrees - sunny, windy

Time: 12:00 PM (2 hours behind us)

Nickname: 

 "The Land of Enchantment" because of New Mexico's scenic beauty and rich history.

Population: 2.1m (PA 12.8m)

Size: 121,591 square miles (PA 46,000)

Cost of living:  $29,100 (PA $49,040)

Minimum wage: $12.00 (PA $7.25)

Statehood: January 6, 1912

State Flag: 


  • Zia sun symbol
    The red sun symbol in the center of the flag comes from the Zia, a Native American tribe that lived in New Mexico before European colonization. The Zia believed that four was a sacred number, and the symbol has four sections that represent the four seasons, the four stages of life, and the four directions.
  • Spanish colors
    The flag's red and yellow colors come from the Spanish Empire, which ruled New Mexico for over 250 years. These colors were originally used on the flags of the Spanish viceroys who governed New Mexico.
  • Unity
    The combination of the Zia symbol with the Spanish colors symbolizes the hope for unity between the two cultural groups in New Mexico.
  • Unique design
    The New Mexico flag is one of only four U.S. state flags that doesn't include the color blue, and it's the only one that doesn't include white.



  • State Bird:


  • The Greater Roadrunner



  • State Flower:


  • Yucca Flower

  • State Tree:


  • Pinyon Pine
  • State Mammal:


  • American Black Bear



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  • Capulin Volcano

  • Atomic Bomb


  • Shovel Racing

  • Albuquerque Balloon Festival

  • Polaroid Camera




  • Self Guided Bullet
  • Green Chili

  • World's Largest Taco



    Located in a section of Bandera’s collapsed lava tube, the Ice Cave's temperature never rises above 31º F. year round. The natural layers of ice have been forming for over 3,400 years. The perpetual Ice Cave is a natural phenomenon made possible by a combination of physical factors forming a natural ice box; a 20 foot thick mass of ice accumulating in a well insulated cave of porous lava with an opening shaped just right to trap cold air, continually generating new ice as rain water and snow melt seep down to its floor and freeze.


  • Governor's Palace

    UFO Sighting

  • Taos Pueblo building
  • New Mexico State Fair



  • Turquoise Trail Scenic Byway


  • Carlsbad Cavern "The Big Room"
  • Rio Grande Gorge
  • Very Large Array
  • Clayton Lake State Park

  • Dinosaur Footprint

  • New Mexico Museum of Space History

  • NM State University
  • Spaceport




  • Gila Wilderness



  • Philmont Scout Ranch

  • White Sands National Monument
  • The Four Corners
  • Guess Who?








































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