Town: El Rito

Observing site: El Rito Observatory

Contact person: Roger Salles

URL: http://elvalleastronomers.com

Restrictions:  Monthly public "dark night" star parties.

Directions:  From Española, travel north on the road to Abiquiú (84/285) for approximately 20 miles. Turn right a few miles before Abiquiú at the sign for El Rito and Northern New Mexico Community College. This is State Road 554, and you go approximately 12 miles on this road until you reach El Rito. The college is on the left side of the road (look for the water tower). You should see the dome-shaped Observatory in a field on the left just before the campus. Take the first college driveway on the left. Drive to a T, turn left and go past some buildings and into the field where the Observatory is located.  Click here for a Google map.

Current weather:  

Best horizon:  All

Worst horizon: None

Comments from contributor:  This is a truly dark site.  It is on the campus of the Northern New Mexico Community College and is available during public star parties (once a month, see schedule on the El Valle Astronomers web site).

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Town: Faywood

Observing site: City of Rocks State Park

Address:  P.O. Box 50, Faywood, NM 88034

Phone: (505) 536-2800

URL: http://www.newmexico.org/place/loc/parks/page/DB-place/place/537.html

Restrictions:   Park fee charged.

Directions:  From Deming, take US 180 northwest 24 miles, and then go northeast on NM 61 for four miles to the park access road. Click here for a Google map.

Current weather:  

Best horizon:  All

Worst horizon: None

Comments from contributor: This is a site of a national public observatory and part of the Stars-n-Parks program.

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