Attractions near Socorro

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge & 2 more attractions near Socorro

3 notable places within 60 miles of Socorro: 1 national park unit, and the sights travelers look up most.

Attractions nearby

within 60 miles

The big one

13 mi

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

National park units

parks & monuments

Wildlife refuge in New Mexico, USA.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

What’s around Socorro

Orange: Socorro. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below.

Everything nearby

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

National forest · 34 mi northwest

US national forest and grasslands in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, renamed from Manzano National Forest in 1931.

Park & preserve · 13 mi south

Wildlife refuge in New Mexico, USA.

National Monument · 40 mi northeast

National Monument of the United States in New Mexico.

32K visitors a year

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons

Photo credits

Cibola National Forest: US Forest Service, Public domain · Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0

Know a spot visitors miss?Locals know the overlook without the crowds and the diner the tour buses skip.