Dripping Springs Natural Area

It Offers a Lot.

We only heard of this place at the Branigan Cultural Center in Las Cruces and decided to check it out that afternoon. It was only a 20 min drive and the volunteers in the Visitor Center were very welc...

Enchanting Dripping Springs: Nature's Masterpiece

How do you even capture a place as beautiful as this in a photograph? Today’s adventure brought us to the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument, Dripping Springs Natural Area for a 4 mile hik...

Beautiful and so much variety!

Complaining about a lack of flow is missing the point here. I mean, really, it is called "dripping springs." Dripping. So why would anyone be expecting major waterfalls? The mountains and cayons ...

Underwhelming for the effort!

A long uphill walk on a rough gravelly path (which was hard work to walk on) to get to the 'waterfall' - as it had rained the night before it was a steady dribble, but we were told that normally there...

Barely a drip if the weather has been dry

The dry weather reduced dripping springs to a leaky tap. The walk to the springs was interesting in that there are ruins from a hunting lodge and sanitarium nearby.