Catron County

Catron County is a rural county in Southwest New Mexico.

See

• Alma. is a ghost town with a well-tended cemetery. It was the site of the Alma massacre in 1880, and on that event's centenary a monument to it was erected in the Gila Wilderness. 
• Mogollon. is a mining ghost town that is on the National Register of Historic Places. 
• Elfego Baca Memorial. In Reserve commemorates the Frisco Shootout that occurred on December 1, 1884. Supposedly Baca single-handedly held off eighty attacking cowboys. 
• Lightning Field. Is an artistic installation of 400 stainless-steel poles near Quemado, created by Walter de Maria. 
• Whitewater Baldy. In the Gila Wilderness is the highest point in Southwestern New Mexico, at 10,895 feet. 

Do

• Catwalk National Recreational Trail (in Whitewater Canyon Forest National Recreational Area). is a one-mile trail following the path of an old water pipe used in mining.