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The McDonald Ranch House in the Oscura Mountains of Socorro County, New Mexico, was the location of assembly of the world's first nuclear weapon. The active components of the Trinity test "gadget", a plutonium Fat Man -type bomb similar to that later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, were assembled there on July 13, 1945.
The Bell Ranch is a historic ranch in Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States of America. Owned by John Malone since 2010, it is one of the largest privately owned ranches in the United States. [ 2] As of 2021, Malone is the second largest land owner in the country with 2.2 million acres. [ 3] The ranch became a national landmark in 1974.
505. FIPS code. 35-43930. GNIS feature ID. 2413568 [ 2] Website. losranchosnm .gov. Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, also known simply as "Los Ranchos", is a village in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. The population was 6,024 at the time of the 2010 Census .
El Rito, (Spanish for 'riíto', The Little River [1]), is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. [2] Its elevation is 6,875 feet (2,096 m). El Rito is located on NM 554, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Española and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Ojo Caliente.
Los Alamos is located in northern New Mexico between the Rio Grande and the eastern rim of the Valles Caldera on the Pajarito Plateau, approximately 35 mi (56 km) to the northwest of Santa Fe. The elevation at the post office is 7,320 feet (2,230 m) and total land area is 11.14 square miles (28.9 km 2 ).
Geography of New Mexico. With a total area of 121,590 square miles (314,900 km 2 ), [ 1] New Mexico is the fifth-largest state, after Alaska, Texas, California, and Montana. Its eastern border lies along 103°W longitude with the state of Oklahoma, and 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometres) west of 103°W longitude with Texas (due to a 19th-century ...
Shiprock ( Navajo: Tsé Bitʼaʼí, "rock with wings" or "winged rock" [ 4]) is a monadnock rising nearly 1,583 feet (482 m) above the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States. Its peak elevation is 7,177 feet (2,188 m) above sea level. It is 10.75 miles (17.30 km) southwest of the town of Shiprock ...
Ghost Ranch. / 36.3297889°N 106.474000°W / 36.3297889; -106.474000. Ghost Ranch is a 21,000-acre (85 km 2) [1] retreat and education center in Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico, United States. It is about 65 miles northwest of Santa Fe and 14 miles from Abiquiu, the nearest community. In the later 20th century, it was the ...