Nearest Communities to Alamogordo,
Listed County-By-County
The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Alamogordo, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Alamogordo:
We have great-grandparents who lived in a small city in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance starting from Alamogordo.<1>
If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.
Alamogordo is located in Otero County and is the County Seat.
The following 7 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Otero County: Chaves, Dona Ana, Eddy, Lincoln, Sierra, Culberson (TX) & Hudspeth (TX).
Our Gazetteer shows that there are 36 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Alamogordo.
We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.
After starting with the home county for Alamogordo (which is Otero County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Alamogordo
For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.
- Otero County (where Alamogordo resides)
- County Website: www.co.otero.nm.us/
- County Seat for Otero: Alamogordo
- Genealogy Websites ...
- From Cyndi's List:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- From Family Search:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- From Genealogy Trails:
- State of New Mexico
- Otero County
- Nearest Communities to Alamogordo ...
- These communities are listed by their distance from Alamogordo.
- Omlee
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south) - Boles Acres
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles Acres
- Boles Acres is located in Otero County
- Kearney
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north) - La Luz
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Luz
- La Luz is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Luz <4>
- Monista ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest) - Alamorosa
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north) - High Rolls
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Rolls
- High Rolls is located in Otero County
- Mountain Park
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Park
- Mountain Park is located in Otero County
- Dog Canyon Estates
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dog Canyon Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dog Canyon Estates
- Dog Canyon Estates is located in Otero County
- Valmont ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south) - Sunspot
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunspot
- Sunspot is located in Otero County
- Marcia
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east) - Continue List (24 more) ...
- Cloudcroft
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cloudcroft
- Cloudcroft is located in Otero County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 704 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cloudcroft <4>
- Tularosa
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tularosa
- Tularosa is located in Otero County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,040 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tularosa <4>
- Chippeway Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Chippeway Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chippeway Park
- Chippeway Park is located in Otero County
- Dunes
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south) - Point of Sands
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Point of Sands have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point of Sands
- Point of Sands is located in Otero County
- Wimsatt
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east) - Bent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent
- Bent is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bent <4>
- Escondida Crossing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Escondida Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Escondida Crossing
- Escondida Crossing is located in Otero County
- Blazers Mill
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blazers Mill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blazers Mill
- Blazers Mill is located in Otero County
- Mescalero
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mescalero
- Mescalero is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mescalero <4>
- Crisp
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Maxon
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast) - Timberon
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Timberon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timberon
- Timberon is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Timberon <4>
- Hortonville
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville
- Hortonville is located in Otero County
- Sacramento
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sacramento
- Sacramento is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sacramento <4>
- Salinas
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north) - Silver Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silver Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Springs
- Silver Springs is located in Otero County
- Paxton Crossing
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Paxton Crossing have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paxton Crossing
- Paxton Crossing is located in Otero County
- Weed
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weed
- Weed is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Weed <4>
- Mayhill
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayhill
- Mayhill is located in Otero County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mayhill <4>
- Old Wright Place
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Old Wright Place have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Old Wright Place
- Old Wright Place is located in Otero County
- Apache
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north) - Three Rivers
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Three Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Rivers
- Three Rivers is located in Otero County
- Turquoise
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Cloudcroft
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Alamogordo) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Alamogordo. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.8834, Longitude: -105.9628 In this case, the coordinates for Alamogordo have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <2> | Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking. We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |