Travel + Leisure rates New Mexico spot as most beautiful 

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – We all know the state of New Mexico has numerous gorgeous spots. Travel + Leisure recently highlighted each state’s (and the District of Columbia’s) most beautiful spot.

New Mexico was represented on the list by the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness. The area, three hours from Albuquerque, is the result of millions of years of erosion, resulting in what the publication calls a “sci-fi fantasy-like display of pinnacles, spires, and other weirdly wonderful bodies of weathered rock.”

The De-Na-Zin Wilderness area shares its place on the list with the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, and Arches National Park in Utah.

The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness area is open year round, with most visits occurring in the late spring/early summer and in the fall. Want to plan a visit? More information on the wilderness area is available on the New Mexico Bureau of Land Management website.

 

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