Cultural Sites

Plaza de los Lagartos

Plaza de los Lagartos is a fiberglass sculpture of an alligator by Luis Jimenez that stands in San Jacinto Plaza downtown as tribute to the live alligators that once frolicked in a pool in this very same plaza . . .

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Chamizal National Memorial

Chamizal National Memorial commemorates the peaceful settlement of a long-standing land dispute between the U . . .

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Concordia Cemetery

Concordia Cemetery is El Paso's Boot Hill, the eternal resting place of outlaw John Wesley Hardin along with 60,000 other folks . . .

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Fray Garcia Monument

Fray Garcia Monument, standing tall in the Pioneer Plaza at the corner of El Paso and San Francisco Streets downtown, is an imposing 14-foot sculpture by John Houser that honors the priest credited as the founder of El Paso . . .

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Keystone Heritage Park

Keystone Heritage Park is an archaeological site, an archaic wetlands, representative of those that once lined the Rio Grande, and a botanical garden, showcasing the flora and fauna native to the Southwest . . .

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McKelligon Canyon Park & Amphitheater Franklin Mountains State P

McKelligon Canyon Park & Amphitheater is a 90-acre park in the middle of the mountains, nestled between Mount Franklin on the right and Sugar Loaf Mountain on the left, that's a great place for hiking, biking and picnicking . . .

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Mt. Cristo Rey

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The Equestrian

The magnificent, detailed bronze sculpture, The Equestrian, by sculptor John Sherrill Houser weighs 17 tons and took nine years to complete . . .

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