Lordsburg / Hidalgo County New Mexico Tourism

Welcome to Hidalgo County! A place we call home. We’d like to share it with you and invite you to come visit us.

Hidalgo County is nestled in the southwest corner of the state in what has been coined the “Bootheel” of New Mexico.

It is the gateway to the Gila National Forest which is just north of the county seat, Lordsburg. There are also two direct byways into Mexico, one through Antelope Wells via State Highway 146 in Hidalgo County and the other through Douglas, AZ via US Highway 80 through Rodeo, NM.

The county seat, Lordsburg, is the halfway point between El Paso, TX and Tucson, AZ on Interstate 10. El Paso is 160 miles to the east and Tucson is 152 miles to the west. In either direction on Interstate 10 are two international airports.

Hidalgo County features Shakespeare Ghost Town, the west’s most authentic ghost town, and also Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Museum, where local history comes to life. There are well know events such as the Bootheel Cowboy Poetry Fiesta and the Hidalgo County Fair and Rodeo.

The county seat, Lordsburg, is full of history. The Southern Pacific Line was founded in 1880. Elizabeth Garrett, blind daughter of Pat Garrett, the sheriff who shot Billy the Kid, wrote New Mexicos’s official state song, “O Fair New Mexico” in 1917. Charles Lindburg landed at the Lordsburg airport during his cross-county trip in 1927 and also the Aviator Amelia Earhart stopped for a visit. During World War II, Italian and Japanese POW’S were confined here in Lordsburg.

The bootheel’s natural beauty is a perfect backdrop for hikers, cyclists and photographers with excellent weather and spectacular sunsets and sunrises and the best people you’ll ever meet.

“Hidalgo County, where traditions and hard work are valued and passed through the generations.”