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Southwestern Guesthouses on 265 Acres
near Silver City, New Mexico
overlooking Bear Creek and the Gila Wilderness

Casitas de Gila Nature Blog

Red Harvester Ants in Southwest New Mexico

THE GREATEST LITTLE BUILDERS IN THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST Hike almost anywhere below 6,000 feet elevation in Southern New Mexico where the ground has a few feet of soil cover, and especially where some grass is present, and you will probably come across circular, barren areas, some up

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The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

A MYSTERY WRAPPED IN STONE Many Questions, A Few Clues, Emerging Answers Part 2 of 2 The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, located 45 miles north of Silver City in the middle of the Gila Wilderness, is a unique cultural site in Southern New Mexico. Yet, despite

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The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

A MYSTERY WRAPPED IN STONE Many Questions, A Few Clues, Emerging Answers PART 1 of 2 THE GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT: ARCHEOLOGICAL GEM OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO The Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is located in the center of the Gila Wilderness at the end of

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A Hike Into the Rugged Gila Wilderness

A SPECTACULAR HIKE UP RAIN CREEK CANYON INTO THE RUGGED GILA WILDERNESS IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO The Gila Is Calling and Again I Must Go … – For All Who Have Been There – THE GILA WILDERNESS The Gila Wilderness was designated and set aside as the

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Summer Solstice in Southwest New Mexico

SUMMER SOLSTICE LIGHT AND SHADOW ON BEAR CREEKAT CASITAS DE GILA GUESTHOUSES CYCLES OF SOLSTICE ON BEAR CREEK Guests that return to Casitas de Gila Guesthouses at different times of the year will observe, while sitting in front of their Casita watching the Sunrise, that the Sun

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A Mid-Spring Hike Into the Gila Wilderness

  A MID-SPRING HIKE UP THE SHERIDAN CORRAL TRAIL INTO THE GILA WILDERNESS — A FASCINATING JOURNEY THROUGH A LANDSCAPE BORN OF ANCIENT SUPER-VOLCANO ERUPTIONS TO OBSERVE THE FOREST’S RECOVERY FROM THE GREAT WHITEWATER BALDY COMPLEX FOREST FIRE OF 2012   THE SHERIDAN CORRAL TRAIL DAY HIKE

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A Profusion of April Flowers in Southwest New Mexico

FOLLOWING AN EXCEPTIONALLY MOIST LATE WINTER AND MARCH, AN AMAZING EXTRAVAGANCE OF RARELY-SEEN WILD FLOWERS EMERGES AT CASITAS DE GILA GUESTHOUSES IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO   THE EXCEPTIONAL 2015 BLOOMING OF SPRING FLOWERS CONTINUES The March 2015 Blog focused on the exceptional blooming of the first early

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Early Flowers in Southwest New Mexico

WITH THE ARRIVAL OF MARCH AN ABUNDANCE OF EARLY SPRING FLOWERING PLANTS SIGNALS THE CYCLICAL CHANGE OF SEASONS AT CASITAS DE GILA GUESTHOUSES IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THE FIRST WET SPRING IN SEVERAL YEARS BRINGS ON THE FLOWERS The landscape surrounding Casitas de Gila Guesthouses is classified

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