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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

Spring Wildflowers

2018-19 WINTER MOISTURE SUGGESTSAN ABUNDANCE OF SPRING WILDFLOWERSAt Casitas de Gila Guesthouses in Southwest New Mexico  Will Casitas de Gila Guesthouses see a Return of the Elusive-Yet-Magnificent Doubting Mariposa Lily?  Typically, Spring wildflowers at Casitas de Gila Guesthouses begin to appear in protected sunny areas during the

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The Cliffside Loop Trail

EXPERIENCING THE INEFFABLE ON THE CLIFFSIDE LOOP TRAIL A Special Place of Nature within the Casitas de Gila Bear Creek Nature Preserve SPECIAL PLACES IN NATURE Within every Natural landscape there are places that are so special that they are capable of creating a deep state of

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Reconnect with Nature at Casitas de Gila!

RECONNECTING WITH NATUREIn the Stress-Free Zone of the Bear Creek Nature Preserveat Casitas de Gila Guesthouses in Southwest New Mexico  Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find outthat going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity;and that mountain parks and

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A Southwest New Mexico Winter!

MIDWINTER ENCHANTMENT IN THE BEAR CREEK NATURE PRESERVE AT CASITAS DE GILA GUESTHOUSES IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO: A NATURE LOVER’S PARADISE WITH FOUR GENTLE SEASONS The High Chihuahuan Desert of Southwest New Mexico is a landscape of exceptional beauty, diversity, and distinct seasonal climatic

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Fire Agate and Chalcedony

A MID-WINTER DAY’S SEARCH FOR CHALCEDONY AND FIRE AGATEAT ARIZONA’S BLACK HILLS ROCKHOUNDING AREA THE SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA BORDER COUNTRY – A ROCKHOUNDER’S PARADISE The Southwestern New Mexico and Southeastern Arizona Border Country offers some of the finest and most diverse rockhounding opportunities to

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Some Interesting Blogs from the Past 5 Years . . .

  We’re taking a break from the Gila Nature Blog for a few months in order to focus on other projects. Since January 2011, when the first Blog article appeared, a wide range of topics has been covered. Here’s a summary of several topics. If your favorite

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CYCLES OF NATURE IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO

 SOME OBSERVATIONS OF THE EFFECTS OF THE EL NIÑO / LA NIÑA CLIMATIC OSCILLATION CYCLE WITHIN THE BEAR CREEK NATURE PRESERVE AT CASITAS DE GILA GUESTHOUSES CLIMATIC AFFECTS OF EL NIÑO AND LA NIÑA WINTERS ON SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO Historical records show that El Niño winters in

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Fall Color in Southwest New Mexico

FALL ENCHANTMENT IN THE GILA RIVER COUNTRY OF SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO Color, Light and Shadow Amongst the Floodplain Cottonwoods and Sycamores Each year between the last two weeks of October and the first two weeks in November, visitors to Casitas de Gila Guesthouses are treated to the

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