Attractions/Distance from Village Lodge Suites

Ruidoso offers fantastic year-round recreation. Our three casinos offer year round excitement. In the winter months, great skiing is just minutes away at Ski Apache. In the warmer months of the year, Ruidoso's most popular attraction is Ruidoso Downs racetrack, home of the richest quarter horse race. Hiking, biking, fishing, hunting, horseback riding, stagecoach rides, night life, concerts, theaters, galleries, museums, historical sites; it's all here in beautiful Ruidoso.

• Ruidoso Downs Race Track and Casino, south 6 miles.
• Hubbard Museum, south 6 miles.
• Inn of the Mountain Gods Casino, west 5.9 miles.
• Inn of the Mountain Gods Championship Golf Course, west 5.9 miles.
• Spencer Theatre for the Performing Arts, north 9 miles.
• Ski Apache Mountain Base, north 3.7 miles.
• Casino Apache Travel Center, south 5 miles.
• Flying J Chuck Wagon Dinner and Show, north 3.9 miles.
• Mountain Annie’s Dinner Theater,  south 1.5 mi.
• Mid town shopping district, south 1.5 mi.
• Mid town night life, south 1.5 mi.
• Midtown Art Museums, south 1.5 mi.
• Cree Meadows Golf Course, east 1.2 mi.
• Links Golf  Course, west .7 mi.
• Ruidoso Convention Center, west .7 mi.
• Eastern New Mexico University, Ruidoso campus, south .2 mi.
• National Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger Station, west across the street.
• Historic Horse and Buggy Ride, north 15 miles.
• Behr Barn Flea Market, south 5 miles.
• Fishing Pedal Boats and Trout Fishing, south 10 miles.
• Fun Trackers (go carts, miniature golf, human maze,) and Kids Corral,   south 4.5 miles.
• Sierra Cinema, south .2 mi.
• Ruidoso Bowling Center, north 1.5 miles.
• Pan-O-Rama  Miniature Golf, south 2 miles.
• City Pool with huge slide, south 4.5 miles.
• Valley of the Fires State Park, Malpais Lava Flow, northwest 35 miles.
• Fort Stanton, northeast 25 miles.
• Lincoln-Billy the Kid-historic town, northeast 25 miles.
• Sunspot Observatory, southwest 45 miles.
• Alamogordo Space Center, southwest 50 miles.
• White Sands National Monument, southwest 60 miles.
• Gran Quivera National Monument, former Indian dwellings vacated 1600, west 80 miles
• Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, northwest 45 miles.
• Pistachio Tree Ranch, northwest 25 miles.

Recreation

• Bonita Lake, north 12.9 miles
• Grindstone Lake and Riding Stables, southwest 3.7 miles
• Ski Apache Mountain Base, north 3.7 mi.
• Cree Meadows Golf Course, east 1.2 mi.
• Links Golf Course, west .7 mi.
• Inn of the Mountain Gods Championship Golf Course, west 5.9 mi.
• Smokey Bear Ranger Station, entrance to National Forest, across street.
• (hiking trails)
• Fishing Pedal Boats and Trout Fishing, south 10 miles.
• Fun Trackers (go-carts, miniature golf, human maze) and Kiddie Corral, south 4.5 mi.
• City Pool with huge slide, south 4.5 mi.
• Pan-O-Rama Miniature Golf, south 2 miles.
• Ruidoso Bowling Center, north 1.5.
• Nearby biking trails, hiking trails, horseback riding.