El Paso, TX or Las Cruces, NM weather.


Current and recent northeast El Paso weather data page, presented by Sun City Amateur Radio Club, El Paso, TX.

Las Cruces Climate

El Paso Official Tourism Pages in English or Español.

El Paso demographics. (bilingual)

El Paso/Southwest Bookshelf

El Paso, & Juarez museums.

El Paso Scene Online, guide to community entertainment, recreation & culture.

Downtown El Paso Tour: You're in El Paso for other business, but have a morning free. What can you see in a few hours?

Words to Marty Robbins' song, "El Paso." "Out in the west Texas town of El Paso..."

El Paso Museum of Art.

Las Cruces Museum of Fine Art & Culture

El Paso's Classical Music Homepage.

Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra website.

El Paso Opera: Season & ticket info.

White Sands National Monument, NM. [Amazing and accessable! Kids love it too.]

National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, NM. [Awesome!] Walking tour & restrooms available for visitors all throughout the year (weather permitting). Guided tours on Fri., Sat., and Sun. starting at 2 pm during summer mos.

El Paso Restaurants. Incl. 80+ Mexican restaurants!

Las Cruces Restaurants

Cattleman's Steakhouse, voted "Best Steak in El Paso" by El Paso Times readers. Large, family-style restaurant on a working ranch.

Little Diner & Tortilla Factory, Canutillo, TX. "Folks travel miles to sample the famous gorditas and flautas." Possibly the best little Mexican food restaurant in El Paso County.

Ranchers' Grill, affordable steakhouse. Reputed to have El Paso's finest chicken-fried steak.

The Chile Pepper Institute, Las Cruces: International non-profit organization devoted to education, research, publication and archiving information related to capsicums or chile peppers.

Cloudcroft, NM, 8000 ft. up in the Sacramento Mtns. It's COOL up there!

New Mexico Skies, Cloudcroft, NM: Guest Observatory for Sophisticated Amateur Astronomers. "Our night skies are very dark, very transparent & the seeing is superb." Guest lodge available.

Ruidoso, NM, popular "oasis in the desert" 124 miles from El Paso featuring hunting, fishing, golfing, skiing, and other events.

Ski Apache.Base Elevation: 9,600'; Top Elevation: 11,500'; Vertical: 1,900'. Skiable Acres: 750+. Open for snowboarding. Over 100 instructors.

Sunland Park and Ruidoso Downs racetracks, NM.

El Paso Mission Trail: Three of the oldest continuously active missions in the USA: Mission Ysleta, Mission Socorro, and Presidio Chapel San Elceario.

Cinco Puntos Press, publishing great books in El Paso. [Publishers of Subcomandante Marcos' controversial book, The Story of Colors / La Historia de los Colores.]

La Mujer Obrera, Nationally-recognized labor-community center.

Studio W, largest premier art gallery in El Paso.

KRWG-FM Radio (NMSU, Las Cruces) PdN Mensa has volunteered for KRWG's fund drives. Listen to KRWG-FM live from Las Cruces (Requires RealAudio Player G2 or above)

El Paso Amateur Radio Club

Mesilla Valley Bicycle Coalition, Las Cruces

Mountain Biking in southern New Mexico covers a wide range of difficulty, including a nationally recognized Top-10 trail near Cloudcroft. Check out the trails.

Big Bend Astronomical Society, Alpine, TX

Sun Country Striders, Ltd. Volkssport Club, Las Cruces

Gila Cliff Dwellings, Silver City, NM. People lived there from the 1280s thru the early 1300s.

Vegetarian Society of El Paso

El Paso Geological Society

Our region's geo-history.

Area Rock & Gem Club Links

The Mescalero Apache Tribe, New Mexico, own Inn of the Mountain Gods. "New Mexico's Most Distinguished Resort," in the Sacramento Mountains of south-central NM at an elevation of 7,200 feet.

El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

El Paso Black Chamber of Commerce

Italian American Cultural Society of El Paso Guestbook.

The El Paso Council for International Visitors.

El Paso/Trans Pecos Audubon Society, El Paso's Home for Birders

The roadrunner--not just in cartoons!

Hueco Tanks State Park, El Paso. Petroglyphs. Rock climbing. The oldest of the 3,000 Native American drawings on the rocks could go back 6,000 years. Home to prairie falcons, golden eagles, roadrunners, foxes, coyotes, rattlesnakes and endangered horned toads. Photo.

Southwestern International Rodeo, El Paso.

The Murals of El Paso

Old El Paso® Mexican Foods homepage. Recipes & ideas. [Note: it has been announced--2/02-- that Old El Paso will soon close its only packing plant in El Paso County, Texas.]

The Book Gallery, El Paso. Half a million books in stock (new and used), specializing in southwest literature. With booksearch engine; accepts online orders.

Coas: My Bookstore.Las Cruces store specializing in anthropology, archaeology, and games.

Dos Pueblos Imports, Inc.: Mexican Imports, Indian Artifacts, Gourmet Salsas & Foods, Soutwestern Products and Gifts, etc.

Piñatas.com, "America's Piñata Headquarters," Shop on line, or in person on Billy the Kid St., El Paso. [What's a piñata? In our area, a party isn't a party without a piñata!

Ghost Towns of southern NM

Carlsbad Caverns World's largest underground chambers; the big room will hold 14 Astrodomes!

Davis Mountains State Park, Ft. Davis, TX

Intro to the Desert of west TX and southern NM.

Trinity Site is where the first atomic bomb was tested in 1945. Open to the public on the first Saturday in April and October. "Radiation levels in the fenced, ground zero area are low. It should be noted that small children and pregnant women are potentially more at risk than the rest of the population and are generally considered groups who should only receive exposure in conjunction with medical diagnosis and treatment. The choice is yours."

NASA White Sands Test Facility

White Sands Missile Range, NM homepage.

William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX

Holloman AFB, NM, home of the Stealth Fighter.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX

Las Cruces, NM visitor information

Organ Mountains, Las Cruces. [beautiful!] Photo.

Alamogordo NM homepage, in English or Deutsche.

Viva! El Paso. Named by the El Paso Times as the "Best of the Border's Outdoor Event." A breathtaking drama in a natural desert canyon setting, showcasing 400 years of Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Western American peoples through traditional dance, original song, brilliant costumes and stunning special effects.

Golf Headquarters for west TX & southern NM. Serving our area's golf community. Master Tournament Schedule, Course Ratings & more.

Roswell, NM International UFO Museum & Research Center

El Paso Chile Co., the source for chile-heads.

Truth or Consequences, NM--Yes, it really exists!

McDonald Observatory, Ft. Davis, TX. Visitors welcome.

Franklin Mountains State Park. [Mile-high mountains within El Paso's city limits!]

Terlingua International Chili Championship©

Big Bend National Park.

Rockhound State Park, near Deming, NM. Limited collecting of mineral specimens permitted.

Chamizal National Memorial, El Paso

US Border Patrol Museum, El Paso

International Bridge Information. Traffic often gets backed up at the bridges, especially when increased security is in effect.

Customs /Immigration rules for US citizens visiting Juarez.

Intro to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (in English)

Juarez Links (Bilingual)

Juarez Nite Life

Juarez Bullfights. [PdN Mensa neither holds nor expresses any opinion regarding this sometimes-controversial cultural tradition, which is of interest to some of our visitors.]

Juarez : The Laboratory of Our Future. Why is Juarez the way it is?

Travelling into the Mexican interior? Not a Mexican citizen? You'll need a tourist card or visa. Check it out here.

Consulado Mexicano en El Paso, TX / Mexican Consulate, El Paso, TX (en Español / in Spanish)

Borderlands Encyclopedia. Information about the U.S.-Mexico Border on areas ranging from politics and the economy to health and the environment. One of the few educational resources about the U.S.-Mexico Border and offers users scholarly articles as well as multimedia content. (May load slowly. Be patient.)