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[size 5]L[/size][size 2]easburg Dam State Park offers fishing, canoeing and kayaking. The dam channels water from the Rio Grande for irrigation in the Mesilla Valley. Nearby Fort Selden State Monument has a museum and trails at the site of a 19th century army outpost. [/size]
[size 2]Getting There
To get to Leasburg Dam State Park, go 15 miles north of Las Cruces on I-25, get off at exit 19 and take NM 157 west to the park entrance, as shown on this [url "http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&addr=Leasburg+Dam&city=Radium+Springs&state=NM&slt=32.641300&sln=-107.067902&zip=&country=us&mag=6&cs=7&BFClient=&BFKey=&poi=&poititle=&map.x=337&map.y=372"][#0000ff]map[/#0000ff][/url] of the area.[/size]
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[size 2]Getting There
To get to Leasburg Dam State Park, go 15 miles north of Las Cruces on I-25, get off at exit 19 and take NM 157 west to the park entrance, as shown on this [url "http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?BFCat=&Pyt=Tmap&addr=Leasburg+Dam&city=Radium+Springs&state=NM&slt=32.641300&sln=-107.067902&zip=&country=us&mag=6&cs=7&BFClient=&BFKey=&poi=&poititle=&map.x=337&map.y=372"][#0000ff]map[/#0000ff][/url] of the area.[/size]
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