Alamogordo Essential Info
Overview
Alamogordo is a city in southeastern New Mexico, in the USA. The population was estimated at 36,069 in July, 2006. The city name is a Spanish word meaning "fat cottonwood". The local zip code is 88310.
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Basics
Best Time To Go
Mar-Oct
Current Time
Current Weather
86 °F
Partly Cloudy
Fun Facts
- Alamogordo is known for its connection with the Trinity test, the first explosion of an atomic bomb.
- The Atari video game burial in 1983 was held in Alamogordo.
- The city was named after a grove of fat cottonwoods, John Arthur Eddy the brother of Charles Bishop Eddy, remembered from the Pecos River area.
- Edward Lee Howard, a former CIA case agent who allegedly gave classified material to the Russians and later defected to the Soviet Union, is an Alamogordo native.
Popular Foods
- Frozen Custard
- Half Pounder Burger
