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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cedar Crest, New Mexico

Updated October 23, 2024

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TWA Flight 260 Crash Site

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

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Sandia Medallion Trees

Mysterious markers have been giving the public a lesson in dendrochronology for over a century.

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TinkerTown

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

4 miles from Cedar Crest

A staged gunfight at Little Beaver Town, 1961.

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Little Beaver Town

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

7 miles from Cedar Crest

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

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The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

9 miles from Cedar Crest

Examining coils that reduce plasma instabilities in the quest for controlled nuclear fusion using Z Machine.

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The Z Machine

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

9 miles from Cedar Crest

Three lasers from the Starfire Range converge.

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Starfire Optical Range

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

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