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This easy, four-mile loop northeast of Las Cruces offers a rich experience of the Chihuahuan Desert microclimates of the Organ Mountain–Desert Peaks National Monument. This popular trail leads you through a narrow canyon to a rare desert waterfall and pond teeming with

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