Roswell (New Mexico)

By plane

• Roswell International Air Center

  phone: +1-575-347-5703
  address: 1 Jerry Smith Circle
  American Eagle from Dallas/Fort Worth and Phoenix/Sky Harbor

Roswell is served by American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines, with daily flights to Dallas/Fort Worth and Phoenix. If you fly in, you may be amazed to see some big iron (including widebodies) at the airport or flying near town at low altitude, but they aren't there for passenger service: the Roswell air park is a former US Air Force base that has been used from time to time by major airlines as a training site for aircrews and to check out new aircraft.

By car

Road access is via US 285 from north or south and US 70 or 380 from east or west. You go through a lot of emptiness getting there, particularly from the north; don't set out for the city from I-40 with a near-empty fuel tank. Limited bus service is available.

• International UFO Museum and Research Center

  phone: +1 575 625-9495
  address: 114 N Main St
  Devoted to the local cult activity; you can decide for yourself whether it's serious or not.

• Roswell Museum and Art Center

  phone: +1 575 624-6744
  address: 100 W 11th St
  This one is definitely serious, incorporating a surprisingly good art collection for a small town, with works by Georgia O'Keeffe and Peter Hurd, among others. There is a wing devoted to space flight and rocket science (but not UFOs!) that includes the Robert H. Goddard Planetarium, named in honor of the rocketry pioneer who did much of his research in Roswell.

• Bottomless Lakes State Park

  phone: +1 575 624-6058
  address: 545 A Bottomless Lakes Rd
  A state park with swimming, fishing, and hiking. The lakes are very deep with nearly vertical cliffs surrounding them.

• Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art

  address: 409 E College Blvd

• Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

  phone: +1 575 625-4011

• UFO FestivalEvery year in early July, there is a UFO Festival to commemorate the 1947 Roswell incident.

• Martin's Capitol Cafe

  phone: +1 575 624-2111
  address: 110 W. 4th St
  Delicious and inexpensive.

Roswell New Mexico doesn't sell alcohol in stores on Sundays, however restaurants serve from noon 10PM on Sunday.

• Best Western El Rancho Palacio

  phone: +1 575-622-2721
  address: 2205 N Main St

• Holiday Inn Express

  phone: +1-575-208-0736
  address: 3 Military Heights Drive
  Affordable. Clean. Friendly.

• Fairfield Inn

  phone: +1-575-624-1300
  address: 1201 N Main
  Includes breakfast, Wi-Fi, and swimming pool.

• Roswell Post Office

• Roswell Public Library

  phone: +1-575-622-7101
  address: 301 N Pennsylvania
  Offers public computers and Wi-Fi. Occasionally hosts notable authors.

• Space

If you're not abducted and taken into Space, you next port of call could be:

• Bottomless Lakes State Park, +1 575 624-6058. Follow US 380 east out of Roswell, south on SR 409, follow signs. Camping (tent and RV), swimming, boating, etc. Camping is $10/night, day use $4beautiful location, friendly host and rangers.
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park is about 90 miles to the south.