CHSP Cerrillos Hills State Park Visitor's Center Traditional Cache
CHSP Cerrillos Hills State Park Visitor's Center
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The cache is small lock n lock attached with a magnet. Not suitable for swag. You do not need to go inside the building. Placed with permission of the park manager.
Cerrillos Hills State Park was transferred to state ownership in 2009, it is New Mexico's newest state park. The hills in the park range in elevation from 6,000 feet (1,800 m) to 6,900 feet (2,100 m). The new visitors' center is located in the village of Los Cerrillos. The Cerrillos Hills were originally known by the Spanish as the Sierra de San Mateo. In 1581 they discovered the lead-silver deposits there, which had earlier been used by the pueblo peoples as an ingredient in pottery glazes. After the coming of the "Americans" the Cerrillos Mining District was created in 1879. The park was originally created in 2003 by Santa Fe County with the assistance of the Cerrillos Hills Park Coalition. Its name then was the Santa Fe County Cerrillos Hills Historic Park. There are 1,100 years of mining history in these hills which can be seen by hiking, biking, or horseback riding on the 5 miles of trail among rolling juniper savanna.
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