Manuela and Pablo Chavez love to collect things and that collection has become a museum with everything from tractors to butter churns to bells. While in Jarales visit the Veterans War Memorial dedicated to those who served their country. The Harvey House was part of the extensive restaurant system founded by Fred Harvey. Located near the Santa Fe Railroad tracks, it now houses the Harvey House Museum operated by the Valencia County Historical Society. Among the museums in Albuquerque are the Natural History Museum, Albuquerque Museum, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Explora Science Center and Children's Museum, the University of New Mexico Art Museums, and the National Atomic Museum.
Accessible trails lie on both sides of the mountain and picnic areas abound.
Wilderness elevations range from 6,000 feet in the foothills to 10,098 feet on Manzano Peak. The district office is in Mountainair where advice on trails and recreation is offered. The New Mexico Mining Museum in Grants is the only uranium mining museum in the world. Bluewater Lake offers great ice fishing and summer visitors can boat, fish, water ski, swim or camp. Acoma Sky City is the oldest continuously inhabited Indian Pueblo in North America.