If you head east on 1st street in Alamogordo, you'll end up at Desert Foothills Park. This is a…read moreCity park with the feel of being well out in the desert. A popular spot with asphalt trails, roadrunners, rabbits and (you guessed it) rattlesnakes. Don't worry, just leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. Anyway, the Scenic Drive Extension Spillway (AKA 'the ditch') finds its origins here, much beloved by skate rats. Several trailheads start to the East of the park, one of which goes up to the mythical 'Goat Springs' of which I have never been able to find. The shaded picnic area offers a large barbeque pit, contact the Alamogordo City Parks Dept to reserve usage. So, if you feel like taking in a little desert without going too far this is the ticket!

I love this skate park. I bring my kids here at least 3 times a week. Cool options for all levels…read moreof experience. Everyone is always nice. The bathrooms are clean (for a skate park). There's a rock wall to sit down if you have absolutely no skateboarding talent like me. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because there's no shade....like none, so it can get a bit toasty!

Las Cruces Skate Park is one place for tweens, teens and young adults to get out of the living room…read moreand have some form of exercise. It's quite big and lots of space to skate. That's the good part. There's just a bit of trash and the pavements to the parking lot is a little like dirt road. Otherwise, it's a good Skate Park.

Beautiful views! The city really works hard to keep it clean. They even have fireplaces available…read morefor use. Plenty of parking and they even have an ice skating rink.

Wingfield Park in Ruidoso is a great place to bring your entire family to enjoy the seasonal ice…read moreskate rink! The trees are all decorated for the Christmas season and will delight all! Highly recommended, and most staff follow safety procedures and protocols. Pets are allowed, but must be leashed at all times.

Very clean, helpful and knowledgable staff, big facility, nice warm pool and very cool modern…read moreplayground! Can't say anything bad about this place. Prices aren't too bad either :)

We were visiting for the week and discovered this park. Far enough off the main road and completely…read morefenced in, clean and well maintained. It had two separate areas for the older kiddos and the littles. A bathroom nearby was handy. The elk roaming nearby was an added bonus. The munchkins all had a blast while their parents shopped in town. Just don't end up trying to enter from the wrong direction if it's time for the neighboring school to let out.

Great park for kids of all ages. Hidden gem. Elk grazing the area too. Easy to accessread more

This Zoo is from 1898 and a zoo over a century old should be in a lot better form…read more It s a bare minimum for lay out and space to me and i have been to zoos all over the world. I felt disappointed at most of the cages. On the plus there were many pairs of animals. Today was a free day and it took us about an hour and a half to stroll it all.

It's so cute!!!! Great value and with the playground we spent two hours there!! They have…read moresloths!!!! There's a few animals here that aren't even at the Albuquerque Biopark! The walk in aviary was closed, but it seemed large and decent!! There isn't a reptile house anymore which is too bad, but I'm so glad we stopped in!

It was very annoying to be seated on the couch and have two twin boys who belonged to a worker come…read moreand basically sit on top of me, and man handle my drink. Teach your kid some respect or don't bring them to work. How ridiculous. They had this disgusting stinky stained pillow and kept putting it on me. I didn't want to smell that. That's why I didn't sit next to it on the couch. Disgusting.

Has the potential for more trampolines. Staff to activity ratio is 1 to 1, not bad but they all…read moregather in trampoline area. Not your average jumping arena, can't really flip or much, with about 8 single trampolines a kid can't jump or run" across them. Attractions are kinda redundant. Prices are reasonable. Fun area for kids. After you get used to the smell, it's not a bad place. Would not revisit

I went camping here years ago with friends. We weren't smart and got in after dark and had a heck…read moreof a time trying to put tents up. There are some nice hiking areas around here.

We have been coming here for years and never have we ever been treated like we did this past…read moreweekend by the camp hosts. We had called and spoke to the owner to see if we could check in a bit early and be was completely ok with it. When we got there the camp host was extremely rude saying we were there too early being that no one was in our spot and there were so many other empty spots available. we then had our campfire on and eight at 10 she came and advised it was quiet time and the fire needed to be turned off due to "county law" which is complete BS mind you we were not even loud we were just hanging out and there are zero rules staring that fires need to be out at 10. The next night she again came rudely 3 minutes past 10 when we were already putting our fire out stating "REALLY 2 NIGHTS IN A ROW!!" we said we are putting our fire out and she said "well get your clocks fixed to be on time". we pay a lot of money to enjoy our time there. I feel the owner needs to look into this because the campground was not as full as it usually is and they may be running people out with that unnecessary attitude and rudeness.