Things To Do
Franklin Mountains State Park
Come explore these high-desert mountains, just 15 minutes from El Paso. Franklin Mountains State Park offers great hiking, biking and rock climbing.
El Paso Zoo
Locally recognized as the Best Place to Take the Kiddos, the El Paso Zoo sits on 35 acres of an expansive green space that is home to exotic animals from around the world and features family attractions.
El Paso Museum of Art
EPMA is home to an inspiring collection of art from our region and beyond our border. Guided tours are available by appointment.
Keystone Heritage Park and the El Paso Desert Botanical Garden
Keystone Heritage Park and the El Paso Desert Botanical Gardens is an archeological site, an archaic wetlands and a botanical garden. The 52-acre park in El Paso’s Upper Valley.
El Paso Holocaust Museum & Study Center
The only fully bilingual Holocaust museum, and one of only 13 free-standing Holocaust museums in the United States. The mission is to teach the history of the Holocaust in order to combat prejudice and intolerance through education, community outreach, and cultural activities.
Old Ysleta Mission
The Ysleta Mission, located in the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo within the municipality of El Paso, Texas, is recognized as the oldest continuously operated parish in the State of Texas
San Jacinto Plaza
San Jacinto Plaza is a historic park located on the corner of Oregon and Mills in the heart of Downtown El Paso, Texas
Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site
At Hueco Tanks, you can hike, rock climb, bird watch, study nature and history, picnic and stargaze. Visitors can take guided and self-guided tours to view rock imagery.
Marfa
It's about a 2.45 hour drive from El Paso but today, Marfa is a tourist destination and a major center for minimalist art. Attractions include Building 98, the Chinati Foundation, artisan shops, historical architecture, a classic Texas town square, modern art installments, art galleries, and the Marfa lights.
Ski Apache
About a 3 hour drive from El Paso, Ski Apache is a ski resort in southern New Mexico, on the slopes of Sierra Blanca. Located in Mescalero, it is New Mexico's premier ski and snowboard resort offering dozens of trails for skiers and snowboarders of all levels.
Ruidoso
Ruidoso is a village in New Mexico, set in the Sierra Blanca mountain range. The nearby Ski Apache resort offers runs of varying difficulty and a terrain park. To the southwest, Lincoln National Forest has trails and waterfalls. Ruidoso Downs Race Track features summer horse races. Northeast of the village, Lincoln Historic Site has 19th-century adobe and stone buildings, including a store and church, plus a museum.
Carlsbad Cavern Natural Entrance
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave, Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the visitor center.
El Paso Mission Trail
Socorro Road (FM 258), which runs from Ysleta to Socorro to San Elizario, is the designated Mission Trail. This nine-mile route represents a segment of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior), the historic trail that extended from Mexico City to Santa Fe, and linked the missions,-agricultural communites, haciendas(landed estates) and presidios (military forts) to distant trade and supply routes. It is thr oldest and once the longest road in North America, and was designated as a National Historic Trail in 2000.
White Sands
White Sands National Monument is in the northern Chihuahuan Desert in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It's known for its dramatic landscape of rare white gypsum sand dunes. Trails through the dunes include the raised Interdune Boardwalk and the Dune Life Nature Trail, dotted with interpretive exhibits on wildlife and other features. Dunes Drive is a looped road from the White Sands Visitor Center to the dune field.
Ciudad Juárez
Ciudad Juárez is a Mexican city on the Rio Grande, just south of El Paso, Texas. Its historic center is dominated by the neoclassical Cathedral of Ciudad Juárez, whose twin towers overlook leafy Plaza de Armas.
Scenic Drive - Overlook
Wide views of El Paso & Ciudad Juarez are offered from this rocky overlook with benches & paths.
MarketPlace at Placita Santa Fe
St. Clair Winery & Bistro
McKelligon Canyon
Nestled on the south eastern side of the Franklin Mountains and surrounded by desert canyon walls, McKelligon Canyon is a popular destination known for its rock climbing, hiking, running, walking and biking. Visitors have a variety of rock climbing routes to choose from and the symmetric terrain is filled with crevices and cracks. All hiking trails including the Ron Coleman Trail begin at the end of McKelligon Canyon and are open year round. Please note, McKelligon Canyon is part of the Franklin Mountains State Park and therefore is subject to fees and restrictions from the Texas parks and Wildlife Department.