Cloudcroft, NM is a small mountain village located in the Sacramento Mountains of south-central New Mexico. It's known for its cool temperatures, stunning views, and abundant natural beauty. Visitors flock to Cloudcroft to take advantage of all the outdoor activities available such as hiking, camping, fishing, golfing, and horseback riding. The village also offers many unique attractions like an alpine slide, zip line course, mini-golf course and a variety of shops and restaurants.
Reviews of Cloudcroft are overwhelmingly positive with visitors praising its pristine environment and refreshing atmosphere. Many appreciate the slower pace of life that comes with living in such a remote location while others enjoy the various attractions available. Guests have also mentioned that despite its small size there are plenty of things to do both indoors and outdoors so you're never at a loss for something fun to do while visiting Cloudcroft.
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Escape the Heat/Enjoy Outdoor Activities Yr Round - 8/30/2018
Escaped the Heat of Texas 4 years ago with the NO AC NEEDED summers in the cool pines at 9000 feet. I worked in Houston for 2 decades with the WORST climate, HUMIDITY 90% year round making it colder feeling in the winter than the Rockies. Calgary Stampede Cowboys from Canada repeatedly said how they felt colder at the February Humid Houston Rodeo. Plus the humidity makes the 3 months of 100 degree weather nearly unbearable. At 10 pm, it's still 90 in summer & 90% humidity. You spend a TON of money on AC. I moved to West Texas in 1996 & loved the absence of humidity (average humidity single digits) which allows a breeze in the shade to cool you off even with temps the 90s.
I love golf, tennis, hiking & the Texas Summers are long & make a person want to live in a pool. We began escaping the heat in the Lincoln National Forest in Ruidoso & Cloudcroft in the 1990s, plus coming to ski in winter. Summers in Ruidoso were a nice break, much cooler than West TX but CROWDED( tough
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Peace in the Mounatins - 9/14/2014
I've lived in California, Mexico, Spain, Miami ,Fl and in a couple cities in New Mexico and now I've lived in Cloudcroft, NM for almost one year now. It is a quant little village in the mountains surrounded by the Lincoln National Forest. I absolutely love it here the people are very nice and friendly and we have the best school in the state of New Mexico. It's a great place to raise children if you want to raise them to in a place where you can still send your 8 year old to walk and get a gallon of milk while being safe, a place where kids are not rain washed by the materialistic things of technology because they are playing in the mountains, caping and having the pure ol fun that is not found in todays modern society. Now Cloudcroft is a village of only 700 people and its a tourist attraction for Texans that have their summer or winter vacation home here. Most people who live here are either retirees or people who have left the corporate world to settle down and open up a shop in
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Great place to live, great place to raise your fam - 2/22/2009
9,000 feet above sea level nestled in the Sacramento Mountains lies beautiful Cloudcroft, NM. Like any small town everyone knows everything about you. Cloudcroft boasts great schools, friendly people and possibly the most beautiful setting of any city in New Mexico. I graduated high school from Cloudcroft and after living in Silver City for nine years I can tell you, it's about as good as it gets in NM. Shopping for general necessities can get expensive if you shop in the village. There is definately a downside to driving 17 miles to Alamo or an hours and a half to Cruces or El Paso for shopping. But for my money, Cloudcroft is the best town in the state of New Mexico to call home..I'm proud to be from
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Hard to get to, long way from everywhere. - 11/14/2007
The nearest city of any size is Las Cruces about 90 miles, and El Paso about 130. Albuquerque is a HIKE at almost 200 miles. If you want to live here, you should value isolation. There are lots of things to love about my town; the beautiful pine forests, the true winter weather and mild summers (what a shock for Southern NM), the proximity to great hunting, the reasonable costs...but if you need to be near the big city, forget
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