Otero County, New Mexico Quality of Life - Happy Looking Family - Mother is looking up at smiling son who is sitting on father's shoulders - in front of a desert scene with mountains in the background

Otero County, New Mexico Demographics - 3D Pie Chart with purple, blue, green, red, and yellow segments that have the shadow of people standing on them to represent different demographics

Commercial Property for Sale in Otero County - A windmill standing on green grass on the left side of the photo with a dirt road curving past the windmill

Otero County Economic Development Council (OCEDC) - Photo of a green field with a barn and silo, and crops and green pine trees on the left side of the photo

Tourism Data

Tourism Data

Tourism is one of Otero County's top industries. With the White Sands National Monument, New Mexico Museum of Space History, International Space Hall of Fame, Lincoln National Forest and the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, Otero County has New Mexico's strongest, most versatile tourism product.

Other nearby attractions include: (See Regional Recreation for additional information)

Three Rivers Petroglyphs site (BLM-managed petroglyph collection and campsites)
The Valley of Fires Recreation Area (major lava flow, camp sites)
The Apache Point Observatory and National Solar Observatory, in Sunspot
The alpine mountain village of Cloudcroft with its lodge resort
Mescalero Apache Casino and Inn of the Mountain Gods
Ruidoso Downs
Ruidoso, New Mexico is encircled by several attractions that offer year-round activities
Las Cruces, New Mexico is 68 miles from Alamogordo
El Paso, Texas is 86 miles south of Alamogordo

Annual events, such as the two Trinity Site tours (est. 2,000 visitors at site per tour), White Sands Balloon Festival (est. 20,000 visitors over three days), and numerous festivals further add to our tourism visitations.