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Monument, and 15 miles (24 km) to the south is the city of
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205:"Leasburg Dam State Park Management and Development Plan"
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1059:Parks in Doña Ana County, New Mexico
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228:New Mexico State Parks Division.
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938:Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
587:Fort Stanton–Snowy River Cave
435:Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
610:Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks
117:4,200 ft (1,300 m)
574:National Conservation Areas
64:, New Mexico, United States
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521:National Wildlife Refuges
404:National Recreation Areas
318:National Historical Parks
230:"Leasburg Dam State Park"
172:for use by nearby farms.
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983:Rio Grande Nature Center
605:Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks
394:Salinas Pueblo Missions
247:Leasburg Dam State Park
140:Leasburg Dam State Park
109:293 acres (119 ha)
24:Leasburg Dam State Park
809:Wild and Scenic Rivers
597:BLM National Monuments
90:32.49694°N 106.92278°W
948:Mesilla Valley Bosque
817:East Fork Jemez River
615:Prehistoric Trackways
620:Rio Grande del Norte
384:Gila Cliff Dwellings
95:32.49694; -106.92278
968:Oliver Lee Memorial
913:Elephant Butte Lake
503:National Grasslands
166:The dam at Leasburg
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898:Coyote Creek
893:Conchas Lake
888:Clayton Lake
868:Caballo Lake
789:Wheeler Peak
784:West Malpais
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564:Valle de Oro
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953:Morphy Lake
918:Fenton Lake
846:State Parks
822:Pecos River
529:Bitter Lake
354:Aztec Ruins
308:White Sands
213:October 20,
156:Fort Seldon
122:Established
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81:106°55′22″W
69:Coordinates
1069:Rio Grande
1048:Categories
1018:Villanueva
978:Percha Dam
923:Heron Lake
837:Rio Grande
799:Withington
769:Salt Creek
744:Latir Peak
694:Blue Range
679:Apache Kid
666:Wilderness
582:El Malpais
554:San Andres
389:Petroglyph
379:Fort Union
369:El Malpais
287:New Mexico
191:References
160:Las Cruces
152:Rio Grande
148:New Mexico
144:state park
78:32°29′49″N
988:Rockhound
832:Rio Chama
827:Red River
684:Bandelier
559:Sevilleta
544:Las Vegas
359:Bandelier
114:Elevation
1013:Ute Lake
764:Sabinoso
493:Santa Fe
478:Coronado
374:El Morro
62:Doña Ana
58:Location
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549:Maxwell
488:Lincoln
539:Grulla
473:Cibola
468:Carson
170:canals
963:Oasis
759:Pecos
754:Ojito
511:Kiowa
412:Jemez
336:Pecos
208:(PDF)
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