NEW MEXICO
- Origin of name: From Mexico, “place of Mexitli”, an Aztec god or leader
- Capital: Santa Fe
- Largest city: Albuquerque
- Population: 2,085,538 (2012 est). Ranked 36th in the US.
- Nicknames: Land of Enchantment
- Highest point: Wheeler Peak, 13,161 ft.
- Admission to union: January 6th, 1912 (47th)
- State motto: It grows as it goes.
- State song: O, Fair New Mexico
- State tree: Piñon pine
- State flower: Yucca
- State bird: Roadrunner
- Area: 121,589 sq mi. Ranked 5th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) Santa Fe is the highest capital city in the United States at 7,000 feet above sea level.
2) White Sands National Monument is a desert, not of sand, but of gleaming white gypsum crystals.
3) Since New Mexico's climate is so dry 3/4 of the roads are left unpaved. The roads don't wash away.
4) New Mexico is one of the four corner states. Bordering at the same point with Colorado, Utah and Arizona.
5) Lakes and Rivers make up only .002% of the state's total surface area. The lowest water-to-land ratio of all 50 states. Most of New Mexico's lakes are man-made reservoirs. A dam on the Rio Grande formed the Elephant Butte Reservoir the state's largest lake.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan hereand he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.