• At 7,000 feet, Santa Fe is the highest state capital, beating Denver by about 1,200 feet
  • 2015 marks the 44th year of the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, with anticipated attendance of well over 800,000 people
  • White Sands, New Mexico, is not sand at all, but white gypsum crystals
  • New Mexico’s climate is so dry that about 3/4 of the roads are left unpaved and in no danger of washing away
  • Both sheep and cattle out-number people in New Mexico
  • A visit to New Mexico isn’t complete without a stop at Carlsbad Caverns, where the main chamber is more than 10 football fields long and 22 stories high
  • New Mexico is one of two states that are unofficially bilingual