Welcome to New Mexico

New Mexico is called the Land of Enchantment, and it feels genuinely otherworldly. At White Sands you can sled down 275 square miles of blinding white gypsum dunes, the largest field of its kind on Earth. Deep underground at Carlsbad Caverns, hundreds of thousands of bats spiral out of the cave mouth every summer evening. Up in Albuquerque, the largest hot air balloon festival in the world fills the sky each fall, and down in Roswell, the whole town leans into its reputation as the UFO capital of the world. Everywhere you go, the food comes with a question — red or green — because New Mexico runs on chile. Add the ancient adobe of Santa Fe and Taos, and you have a state unlike anywhere else. Below you will find every New Mexico map, trip, guide, and hidden gem we have.

• Nickname: The Land of Enchantment
• State question: Red or green?
• State bird: Roadrunner
• State flower: Yucca
• State tree: Pinyon pine
• State cookie: Bizcochito