Cloudcroft is a village in Otero County, New Mexico and is within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 749 at the 2000 census. Sitting 9,000 feet above sea-level in an otherwise arid region, the comfortable climate makes it a popular tourist attraction in West Texas and New Mexico.

The Village of Cloudcroft is one of the forgotten parts of the world, sometimes rediscovered on the pages of New Mexico Magazine or Texas Monthly. The back roads and sparsely settled periphery of Cloudcroft host communities with names like Weed, Lost Lodge, Sunspot, Mayhill, Piñon, and Timberon but collectively everyone is “on the mountain”, going to the same schools, churches, and events. The night's stars have a piercing clarity which many of the world’s astronomers take advantage of in nearby Sunspot. The rapid elevation causes environmental and ecological changes at almost every mile. The seasons are also dramatic with snow covering the ground most of winter and early spring, aspen groves turning in fall, and cool breezes in the summer. It is billed as the "Playground of the Four Seasons."

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Cloudcroft is located at (32.954680, -105.740500).

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