Nearby Attractions
- Billy the Kid Scenic Byway – Received a Scenic Historic Byway designation from the Federal Highway Commission in June of 1995. Take an online “tour” of the communities along the Byway.
- Billy the Kid Casino – Sunday thru Thursday 11:00 am – 11 :00 pm; Friday & Saturday 12:00 noon – 12:00 midnight. Also featuring simulcast horse racing from around the country.
- Casino Apache. Live Poker, Blackjack, Craps. 24-Hour Video Slots and Poker.
- Flying J Ranch – Music, Western Show, Chuckwagon Dinner – (505) 336-4330
- Fort Stanton Museum – Off Airport Highway on NM 220 – hours 10am-4pm Thursday thru Monday.
- Golf – Year round golf on three public courses. Where else can you golf in the morning and ski in the afternoon?
- Hubbard Museum of the American West – One of the State’s most respected museums. Housing a magnificent collection of carriages, wagons, saddles fine art and Indian artifacts. Coming soon the Willie Nelson Museum – featuring The Legends of Western Music!
- Lincoln County Gold Mining Company. – Gold panning excursions – (505) 257-4070
- Motorcycle Riding – Being in Ruidoso without a motorcycle is like being on a lake without a boat.
- National Forest Information
- Birding – Birds abound in Ruidoso and the surrounding Lincoln National Forest. And it isn’t far to the migratory flyways.
- Fishing Ruidoso is surrounded by lakes and streams stocked with trout by the New Mexico Game and Fish department. Usually the fish are biting somewhere and visitors have a good chance of making a catch.
- Golf Ruidoso has three beautiful and challenging golf courses and there are others nearby in Cloudcroft and Carrizozo, at some of the highest elevations in the United States. Sunny western weather and cool summers make golf enjoyable year round.
- Hiking and Camping The Lincoln National Forest and two wilderness areas provide opportunity for hiking, backpacking, and camping in terrain that ranges from the easily accessible to remote and rugged wilderness.
- Horseback Riding In the Village of Ruidoso, and in the Lincoln National Forest surrounding the village, horseback riding offers a classically Western way to travel.
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West
- Hunting and Fishing Guides The area around Ruidoso offers some of the best hunting and fishing in the Southwest.
- Mountain Biking The mountain biking trails around Ruidoso cover a wide range of difficulty for cyclists of all experience levels, including a nationally recognized Top-10 trail near Cloudcroft.
- Ruidoso Artists and Galleries – Some of the best art in the Southwest.
- Ruidoso Downs Horse Racing – Mid May through Labor Day. Simulcast racing. – (505) 378-4431
- Ruidoso Jockey Club
- Ruidoso Winter Park – Tubing
- Skiing From Thanksgiving to Easter, Ski Apache offers skiing on groomed powder slopes with the largest lift capacity in New Mexico.
- Sleigh and Carriage Rides Carriage rides through historic midtown Ruidoso and sleigh rides in the winter.
- Spencer Theater for the Performing Arts – An aristocrat among theaters.
- White Sands National Monument – The White Sands National Monument, about a one-hour drive west of Ruidoso, is one of the most unusual places on earth. It’s a vast landscape of brilliant white sand with huge dunes covering nearly 300 square miles.