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Echo Amphitheater
Carson National Forest Service
New Mexico, USA
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Location: Rio Arriba, US Highway 84, 17 miles NW of Abiquiú
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Distance (from Ghost Ranch): Approximately 4 miles North of Ghost Ranch.
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Directions (from Ghost Ranch): Turn right at Ghost Ranch gate onto Highway 84 and drive approximately 5 miles north.
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Description: This National Forest Service facility includes a short hiking trail, a picnic area and camping site. The sandstone walls provide a resonance that is well worth the trip. A geologic display explains the various formations in the cliffs. A ten-minute walk from the parking area leads you to this 'theater' naturally hollowed out of sandstone by ages of erosion. The concave sandsone cliffs create ever lasting echos.
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Maps
Abiquiú Focus
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 Abiquiu, New Mexico Area map
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The Name Origin for Echo Amphitheater: “Echogenic cliffs’’
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