The best softball tournament in New Mexico is the Labor Day Classic in Santa Rosa. Blue Hole, an 81-foot deep natural artesian spring in Santa Rosa, is a favorite location for scuba divers. It's 4,600 feet above sea level, making the bottom an equivalent of nearly 100 feet of depth in the ocean. The town of Santa Rosa has 15 separate lakes and streams. El Llano Estacado is an extremely large mesa covering about 32,000 square miles and extending into West Texas.
Some people say Park Lake in Santa Rosa has the largest free swimming pool in the world.
The Cleveland Roller Mill in Mora County was the last flour mill to be built in New Mexico, the last to stop running and the only roller mill in New Mexico with its original milling works. Mora is the only unincorporated county seat in New Mexico. Union in Mora County was at one time the largest fort west of the Mississippi. The Mora National Fish Hatchery Technology Center, built with state and federal funds in 1993, was the first of its kind in the nation and an important demonstration project for the whole country. Victory Ranch Alpacas in Mora County has the largest herd of Alpacas in the American Southwest.