Place guide
Best Things to Do in Portales
A southeastern New Mexico college and agricultural town known for Eastern New Mexico University, peanut farming, local museums, and its classic High Plains character.
📍GPS: 34.1865, -103.3375
TMP: Portales
Temporary place page. Full write-up coming soon.
Nearby places
Oasis State Park
A surprising green oasis of cottonwood trees and a small lake rising from the flat eastern New Mexico plains.
Blackwater Draw National Historic Landmark
An important archaeological site near Portales where Clovis tools and Ice Age animal remains were discovered.
Grulla National Wildlife Refuge
A remote playa lake refuge on the New Mexico-Texas border known for migratory birds and grassland wildlife.