New Mexico Gazetteer
Rancheria Canyon is a physical feature (valley) in Otero County. The primary coordinates for Rancheria Canyon places it within the NM 88352 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Rancheria Canyon |
| Category: | New Mexico physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Valley |
| Description: | Heads in the Sacramento Mountains at Rancheria Spring and trends WSW to open out 3.2 km (2 mi) SE of Tularosa. (US-T121) |
| History: | Reportedly groups of Indians once lived here in 'brush camps' locally called 'rancherias.' (US-T121) |
| County: | Otero County |
| Latitude: | 33.0653624 |
| Longitude: | -105.9924906 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Rancheria Canyon: Rancheria Canyon.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Rancheria Canyon does not include property ownership information.
|
Tularosa, NM
(1.4 miles WNW) La Luz, NM (6.7 miles SSE) Bent, NM (10.1 miles NE) Alamogordo, NM (11.6 miles S) High Rolls, NM (12.1 miles SE) |
Mescalero, NM
(14.2 miles ENE) Holloman AFB, NM (16.2 miles SSW) Cloudcroft, NM (16.3 miles ESE) Boles Acres, NM (17.9 miles S) |
|
Alamorosa, NM
(4.1 miles S) Kearney, NM (5.8 miles S) Salinas, NM (12.4 miles NNW) Mountain Park, NM (12.5 miles SE) Blazers Mill, NM (13.5 miles ENE) |
Omlee, NM
(15.8 miles S) Three Rivers, NM (18.4 miles NNW) Apache, NM (18.7 miles NNE) Chippeway Park, NM (19.8 miles ESE) |
