Magdalena is a village in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Magdalena had a population of 806.
Main Street in Magdalena (2007)
Bank of Magdelena building
Old Kelly Mine headframe south of Magdalena (2005)
Azurite from the Kelly Mine (2010)
The Magdalena Mountains are a regionally high mountain range in Socorro County, in west-central New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The highest point in the range is South Baldy, at 10,783 f
Magdalena, New Mexico
…face of the peak. A priest with them was reminded of a similar peak in Spain called "La Sierra de Maria Magdalena", so he called the New Mexico one "La Sierra de Magdalena". The pass to the south of the peak became known as Magdalena Gap, and when a town grew up it received the same name. Magdalena continues to be a…
The view looking southwest at Sawmill Canyon, near the Langmuir Research Site in the Magdalena Mountains.
Looking southwest at the Rio Grande Valley from a high ridgeline along the Timber Peak Trail within the Magdalena Mountains.
A stand of aspen in the Magdalena Mountains.
Magdalena Mountains and blooming chamisa at site of Kelly, New Mexico.