Hidalgo

Hidalgo County combines wide, sparsely settled desert basins with abrupt mountain ridges in a way that reflects its position between Arizona and the Mexican border in New Mexico’s far southwest. The Peloncillo Mountains form part of its western edge, while the Animas and Playas valleys give this corner of the Chihuahuan Desert its broad, open scale. Ranching remains central to the local landscape and economy. Lordsburg, the county seat, developed around the railroad and remains the principal service centre on Interstate 10. Trace Hidalgo County’s place in New Mexico’s borderlands by browsing webcams nearby.

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