The Dripping Springs Natural Area is located only ten miles from Las Cruces on the slopes of the Organ Mountains. With more than four miles of hiking trails, it is a nature-lover's paradise. One of the most popular trails is the easy Dripping Springs Trail surrounded by desert scrub and woodlands dense with pinon, juniper, and oak.
The area is filled with wildlife, and with some luck you might spot a red-tailed hawk, rock squirrel, Gambel's quail, or the rare golden eagle. You can also see year-round coyote, desert mule deer, black-throated sparrow, cactus wren, lesser nighthawk, Scott's oriole, and collared and tree lizard. If you are really lucky, you can see a mountain lion. The Dripping Springs Natural Area has a good visitor center, 12 picnic sites, and a large family picnic site.
15000 Dripping Springs Road, Las Cruces, NM 88011, Phone: 575-525-4300
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