A day out from Las Vegas: Pecos National Historical Park, 24 mi away
All of it lies outside: 5 places within 40 miles, none inside Las Vegas. On the list: 2 museums, a national historical park and a national monument, among others. Pecos National Historical Park sees about 37K visitors a year. Make a day of it at Blue Hole, 55 mi away.
Blue Hole
Lake in United States of America.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
The lie of the land
Head to the west for most of the 5 on the list.
Orange: Las Vegas. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Full list of places
21 places, all within 60 miles, make the list.
2Bandelier National Monument
U.S. national park in New Mexico.
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4Pecos National Historical Park
National Historical Park in New Mexico, United States.
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6Fort Union National Monument
National monument in the United States.
7Ski Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Q38555
Ski resort in New Mexico, United States.
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10Lensic Theater
Theater and former movie theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.
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13El Rancho de las Golondrinas
Human settlement in New Mexico, United States of America.
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Museum of Indian Arts and Culture
Anthropology museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
Art museum with a focus on contemporary intertribal Native American art.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Las Vegas →
Photo credits
Blue Hole: Autopilot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bandelier National Monument: Andrew Dunn (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Georgia O'Keeffe Museum: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Pecos National Historical Park: Mosamiazaz at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Santa Fe Plaza: See above, CC BY 2.0 · Fort Union National Monument: en:User:Nationalparks (Talk), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Ski Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Q38555: Ybratcher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · New Mexico Museum of Art: PerryPlanet, Public domain · Lensic Theater: Asaavedra32, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of International Folk Art: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · El Rancho de las Golondrinas: NewMexicophotographer1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian: BFS Man from Webster, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Harwood Museum of Art: Khlnmusa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Martinez Hacienda: Larry Lamsa, CC BY 2.0 · New Mexico History Museum: WhisperToMe, Public domain · Poeh Museum: Harrison Frazier from santa fe, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Taos Art Museum: Khlnmusa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Museum of Indian Arts and Culture: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0 · Museum of Contemporary Native Arts: MARELBU, CC BY 3.0
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