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Bear Canyon Reservoir Bear Canyon Lake is an easy drive from many communities in Grant County, including Silver City, Hurley, Bayard and Santa Clara. It is a popular destination for fishing, picnics, bird watching and more. See more \| See map

Big Ditch Park Need somewhere to relax while exploring Silver City's art galleries and Historic Downtown? Big Ditch Park is conveniently nestled right along Bullard Street, and offers plenty of shade and benches to rest your feet. See more \| See map

Bill Evans Lake Bill Evans Lake is an interesting body of water: It's a lake 300 feet above the river that fills it. Water from the Gila River is pumped up a high mesa to where a sparkling lake is impounded. See more \| See map

Catwalk The Catwalk National Scenic Trail offers a fascinating glimpse into the geologic and historic foundations of southwest New Mexico. The result of cataclysmic volcanic actions, the area now offers a beautiful picnic spot next to Whitewater Creek, a... See more \| See map

Continental Divide Trail The Continental Divide Trail, a national scenic trail, is known for the more than 3000 miles it covers from Montana's Canadian border to Old West Country's New Mexico border with Mexico. See more

Fort Bayard Fort Bayard played an integral role in protecting settlers and miners in the Los Pinos and Silver City mining districts. Copper, silver, and gold mining spurred economic development of this region of southwestern New Mexico. See more \| See map

Gila Cliff Dwellings Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is located in the Gila Wilderness within the Gila National Forest. Within a few miles of the Cliff Dwellings, elevations range from around 5,700 to 7,300 feet above sea level. See more \| See map

Gila Cliff Dwellings to be temporarily closed Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Superintendent Steve Riley announced today that the Cliff Dwellings Unit of the National Monument is now anticipated to be closed from October 24, 2011 until just before Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011. See more

Gila National Forest From the cottonwoods of the Mimbres Valley, you will quickly enter the juniper, pinon and ponderosa pine country of the Gila Forest. Here, spruce and fir thrive on the highest peaks, while the desert agave clings to the vertical cliffs of deep canyon... See more

Gila Wilderness The first wilderness set aside by Congress was within the vast 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest. The Gila Wilderness is the largest with 559,324-acres and is one of four designated wilderness areas within Old West Country ...three within the Gila... See more

Heart Bar Ranch Riparian Area Among the most common of rails (wading bird, like a crane), the secretive North American sora frequents marshes with dense vegetation. Its call is a musical descending 'whinny.' See more

Hiking in Grant County You don’t have to go far to find a trail to set your feet upon and enjoy one of our great recreational pastimes. A few minutes walk from the road and you’ll be surrounded with solitude and the whisper of pines and aspens. Pool-filled canyons lead you... See more

Historic Downtown Silver City Silver City's Historic Downtown still shows much of its Old West charm, with buildings and streets from the days when bars of silver were stacked neatly on curbsides, waiting for assay or delivery out of town. Today, Silver City still has much to offer... See more \| See map

La Capilla Park The La Capilla Heritage Park project recreated a small chapel, called capilla in Spanish, that graced Silver City’s skyline in the late 1800s and early 1900s. See more \| See map

Lake Roberts Lake Roberts is a high-country jewel, nestled among mountains near the Gila Cliff Dwellings and impounding the cold, clear waters of springs feeding Sapillo [SAP-eeoh] Creek. With both boat ramps and campgrounds available, the lake is an ideal get-away... See more \| See map

Mimbres Culture Heritage Site The Mimbres Culture Heritage Site includes a large Mimbres pithouse/pueblo ruin and two Territorial adobe houses . The property is in the upper Mimbres Valley in Grant County, next to the Mimbres River, easily accessible, just off Highway 35. See more \| See map

Mine Tours Silver and gold gave rise to the mining town of Silver City, but it was the copper deposits of Santa Rita and Tyrone that provided the real historical and economic significance for the region. See more

Penny Park Penny Park is filled with swings, balance beams, climbing structures, and even a child-sized wooden village replete with post office, library, bank, livery, and choo-choo train. See more \| See map

Silver City Museum The Silver City Museum creates opportunities for residents and visitors to explore, understand, and celebrate the rich and diverse cultural heritage of southwestern New Mexico by collecting, preserving, researching and interpreting the region's unique... See more \| See map

Trail of the Mountain Spirits National Scenic Byway The 93-mile Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway beckons you to experience the beauties of southwestern New Mexico. Walk where the spirits of all the people — miners, homesteaders, Indians, Spanish explorers, mountain men — who have passed through... See more

Western New Mexico University Museum Housed on the campus of Western New Mexico University, the WNMU Museum houses one of the world's most complete and comprehensive collections of Mimbres pottery, basketry, and other artifacts, in the Eisele Collection of Prehistoric Southwestern Pottery... See more \| See map

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Explore Grant County: Learn why we're one of the best places to live, work and retire!

Places to go, things to do!

Bear Canyon Reservoir

Bear Canyon Lake is an easy drive from many communities in Grant County, including Silver City, Hurley, Bayard and Santa Clara. It is a popular destination for fishing, picnics, bird watching and more.

Big Ditch Park

Need somewhere to relax while exploring Silver City's art galleries and Historic Downtown? Big Ditch Park is conveniently nestled right along Bullard Street, and offers plenty of shade and benches to rest your feet.

Bill Evans Lake

Bill Evans Lake is an interesting body of water: It's a lake 300 feet above the river that fills it. Water from the Gila River is pumped up a high mesa to where a sparkling lake is impounded.

Catwalk

The Catwalk National Scenic Trail offers a fascinating glimpse into the geologic and historic foundations of southwest New Mexico. The result of cataclysmic volcanic actions, the area now offers a beautiful picnic spot next to Whitewater Creek, a...

Continental Divide Trail

The Continental Divide Trail, a national scenic trail, is known for the more than 3000 miles it covers from Montana's Canadian border to Old West Country's New Mexico border with Mexico.

Fort Bayard

Fort Bayard played an integral role in protecting settlers and miners in the Los Pinos and Silver City mining districts. Copper, silver, and gold mining spurred economic development of this region of southwestern New Mexico.

Gila Cliff Dwellings

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is located in the Gila Wilderness within the Gila National Forest. Within a few miles of the Cliff Dwellings, elevations range from around 5,700 to 7,300 feet above sea level.

Gila Cliff Dwellings to be temporarily closed

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Superintendent Steve Riley announced today that the Cliff Dwellings Unit of the National Monument is now anticipated to be closed from October 24, 2011 until just before Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2011.

Gila National Forest

From the cottonwoods of the Mimbres Valley, you will quickly enter the juniper, pinon and ponderosa pine country of the Gila Forest. Here, spruce and fir thrive on the highest peaks, while the desert agave clings to the vertical cliffs of deep canyon...

Gila Wilderness

The first wilderness set aside by Congress was within the vast 3.3 million acre Gila National Forest. The Gila Wilderness is the largest with 559,324-acres and is one of four designated wilderness areas within Old West Country ...three within the Gila...

Heart Bar Ranch Riparian Area

Among the most common of rails (wading bird, like a crane), the secretive North American sora frequents marshes with dense vegetation. Its call is a musical descending 'whinny.'

Hiking in Grant County

You don’t have to go far to find a trail to set your feet upon and enjoy one of our great recreational pastimes. A few minutes walk from the road and you’ll be surrounded with solitude and the whisper of pines and aspens. Pool-filled canyons lead you...

Historic Downtown Silver City

Silver City's Historic Downtown still shows much of its Old West charm, with buildings and streets from the days when bars of silver were stacked neatly on curbsides, waiting for assay or delivery out of town. Today, Silver City still has much to offer...

La Capilla Park

The La Capilla Heritage Park project recreated a small chapel, called capilla in Spanish, that graced Silver City’s skyline in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Lake Roberts

Lake Roberts is a high-country jewel, nestled among mountains near the Gila Cliff Dwellings and impounding the cold, clear waters of springs feeding Sapillo [SAP-eeoh] Creek. With both boat ramps and campgrounds available, the lake is an ideal get-away...

Mimbres Culture Heritage Site

The Mimbres Culture Heritage Site includes a large Mimbres pithouse/pueblo ruin and two Territorial adobe houses . The property is in the upper Mimbres Valley in Grant County, next to the Mimbres River, easily accessible, just off Highway 35.

Mine Tours

Silver and gold gave rise to the mining town of Silver City, but it was the copper deposits of Santa Rita and Tyrone that provided the real historical and economic significance for the region.

Penny Park

Penny Park is filled with swings, balance beams, climbing structures, and even a child-sized wooden village replete with post office, library, bank, livery, and choo-choo train.

Silver City Museum

The Silver City Museum creates opportunities for residents and visitors to explore, understand, and celebrate the rich and diverse cultural heritage of southwestern New Mexico by collecting, preserving, researching and interpreting the region's unique...

Trail of the Mountain Spirits National Scenic Byway

The 93-mile Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway beckons you to experience the beauties of southwestern New Mexico. Walk where the spirits of all the people — miners, homesteaders, Indians, Spanish explorers, mountain men — who have passed through...

Western New Mexico University Museum

Housed on the campus of Western New Mexico University, the WNMU Museum houses one of the world's most complete and comprehensive collections of Mimbres pottery, basketry, and other artifacts, in the Eisele Collection of Prehistoric Southwestern Pottery...

Explore Grant County: Learn why we're one
of the best places to live, work and retire!