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Dripping Springs Natural Area Historic Ruins

Las Cruces, NM

Ruins of the Van Patten Mountain Camp and later sanatorium sit below the Organ Mountains beside a spring-fed canyon. The blend of resort remains, health-history ruins and dramatic geology makes this one of southern New Mexico's strongest OddWay hikes.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: blm.gov/visit/dripping-springs-natural-area

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