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The park consists of two units. The main park is located in the Little
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Kallstroemia grandiflora spreads out across a hillside at
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over the tuff 28.5 million years ago. These rock beds, and associated beds of
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to the west. Other vents, now impossible to find, erupted
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McLemore, Virginia T.; Dunbar, Nelia (August 2000).
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724:List of National Natural Landmarks in New Mexico
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58:Location of Rockhound State Park in New Mexico
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202:around 33.5 million years ago. This may be
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206:erupted from the Juniper caldera in the
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16:State park in New Mexico, United States
222:between 26 and 24 million years ago.
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1155:Protected areas established in 1965
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293:New Mexico State Parks Division.
1150:Parks in Luna County, New Mexico
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142:New Mexico State Parks Division
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186:and is open only for day use.
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1140:Geology museums in New Mexico
1024:Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
673:Fort Stanton–Snowy River Cave
521:Camino Real de Tierra Adentro
696:Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks
126:4,500 ft (1,400 m)
660:National Conservation Areas
73:, New Mexico, United States
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607:National Wildlife Refuges
490:National Recreation Areas
404:National Historical Parks
245:from about 1880 to 1956.
118:1,100 acres (4.5 km)
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1069:Rio Grande Nature Center
227:hydrothermal circulation
691:Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks
480:Salinas Pueblo Missions
895:Wild and Scenic Rivers
683:BLM National Monuments
295:"Rockhound State Park"
99:32.18694°N 107.61028°W
1034:Mesilla Valley Bosque
903:East Fork Jemez River
701:Prehistoric Trackways
706:Rio Grande del Norte
470:Gila Cliff Dwellings
149:Rockhound State Park
104:32.18694; -107.61028
24:Rockhound State Park
1054:Oliver Lee Memorial
999:Elephant Butte Lake
589:National Grasslands
139:Governing body
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805:Chama River Canyon
734:National Preserves
432:National monuments
324:New Mexico Geology
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785:Bosque del Apache
620:Bosque del Apache
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526:Old Spanish Trail
417:Manhattan Project
184:Florida Mountains
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1019:Leasburg Dam
994:El Vado Lake
984:Coyote Creek
979:Conchas Lake
974:Clayton Lake
954:Caballo Lake
875:Wheeler Peak
870:West Malpais
815:Cruces Basin
760:Aldo Leopold
650:Valle de Oro
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1044:Navajo Lake
1039:Morphy Lake
1004:Fenton Lake
932:State Parks
908:Pecos River
615:Bitter Lake
440:Aztec Ruins
394:White Sands
330:(3): 66–71.
131:Established
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90:107°36′37″W
78:Coordinates
1134:Categories
1104:Villanueva
1064:Percha Dam
1009:Heron Lake
923:Rio Grande
885:Withington
855:Salt Creek
830:Latir Peak
780:Blue Range
765:Apache Kid
752:Wilderness
668:El Malpais
640:San Andres
475:Petroglyph
465:Fort Union
455:El Malpais
373:New Mexico
280:References
167:crystals,
157:New Mexico
153:state park
87:32°11′13″N
1074:Rockhound
918:Rio Chama
913:Red River
770:Bandelier
645:Sevilleta
630:Las Vegas
445:Bandelier
239:manganese
123:Elevation
1099:Ute Lake
850:Sabinoso
579:Santa Fe
564:Coronado
460:El Morro
243:fluorite
220:rhyolite
212:andesite
196:Tertiary
67:Location
800:Cebolla
635:Maxwell
574:Lincoln
249:Gallery
190:Geology
177:perlite
625:Grulla
559:Cibola
554:Carson
241:, and
231:geodes
173:jasper
169:geodes
165:quartz
161:Deming
1049:Oasis
845:Pecos
840:Ojito
597:Kiowa
498:Jemez
422:Pecos
320:(PDF)
151:is a
825:Gila
820:Dome
569:Gila
502:USFS
134:1965
115:Area
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