Playas
USA /
New Mexico /
Lordsburg /
World
/ USA
/ New Mexico
/ Lordsburg
World / United States / New Mexico
ghost town, training center
Situated in a remote desert valley 40 miles from the US/Mexico border is a modern ghost town once again in full bloom as a counter-terrorism training facility. Playas, New Mexico is a company town built in 1971 by the Phelps-Dodge Corporation to support its nearby copper smelting operations. The geographic location was ideal due to its isolation from populated areas sensitive to the toxic byproducts of ore smelting. After a brief life of only 28 years, the copper industry plummeted, and the smelter’s location at the dead end of a long road became an unaffordable liability.
The town was quickly abandoned, but in 2004 became a unique counter-terrorism training facility.
www.clui.org/clui_4_1/lotl/v28/i.html
The town was quickly abandoned, but in 2004 became a unique counter-terrorism training facility.
www.clui.org/clui_4_1/lotl/v28/i.html
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°54'55"N 108°31'59"W
- Canelo, Arizona 192 km
- Terlingua, Texas 552 km
- Study Butte, Texas 555 km
- Bakersfield, Texas 601 km
- Clarion, Utah 857 km
- Gilman, Colorado 871 km
- Tar Creek Superfund Site 1373 km
- Ludington, Louisiana 1450 km
- Adam-ondi-Ahman 1586 km
- Hermitage, Louisiana 1639 km
- Playas Lake bed 6.6 km
- Hidalgo County, New Mexico 16 km
- Hidalgo copper smelter site 18 km
- Apache Hills 26 km
- Big Hatchet Mountains 37 km
- Cowboy Rim 39 km
- Animas Valley 44 km
- Pit Tank Ridge 44 km
- Alamo Hueco Mountains 58 km
- Whitmire Canyon Wilderness Study Area 62 km