| Las Vegas, New Mexico is nestled at the foot of Hermit Peak. With a warm and arid climate, Las Vegas was the principal town on the Santa Fe Trail, and preserves its cultural legacy with 900 buildings on the National Registry, more than any other city in the United States.Located at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, visitors commonly enjoy hiking, camping, skiing, windsurfing, golf, and fishing. Storrie Lake is also popular for boating and windsurfing. Bird watchers and photographers enjoy the National Wildlife Refuge of Las Vegas, with 18,750 acres of native grassland, crop land, marshes, ponds, timbered canyons and streams that provide a habitat for a wide variety of plant, bird and animal life. |
