McDonald Ranch House — Attraction in Carrizozo

On this day of the writing, we made the attempt to head to this location! This drive off the main road is definitely more suited for medium size SUVs or larger and obviously pick up trucks definitely not for small SUVs or cars!! Make sure you got good set of tires with you. We wish we had more information about this particular part of the journey! You’re definitely up for the adventure then obviously this could be for you be ready for very narrow roads and depending what time of the year it is as of this writing, the roads were dry, but there was still some concern of any muddy parts along the way at one point we did have to turn around because the roads got very narrow And very bushy. it gets very bumpy for a short little while he turn onto the dirt road from the highway!! Good luck to all who...

The Historic McDonald Ranch House is both rustic and austere in the truest sense of the terms. The structure is located within one of the most remote and desolate regions I’ve ever seen. The view from the front porch is a panoramic contrast of grand proportion between the sparse drab green thin-leafed wiry creosote bushes, the vast expanse of dry khaki desert floor, and the abrupt and jutting rise of the San Andres Mountains to the east that turn crimson in color at sunset. It is difficult to comprehend what the great number men and women of the Manhattan Project ultimately accomplished in such an unimaginable technological feat in producing the plutonium for the final assembly of the Trinity core within the most primitive of conditions inside this old cobbled together ranch house...

When you visit the Trinity site which is only open twice a year, you are given a chance to tour the McDonald ranch house. It is listed as both a U.S. National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark District. The ranch house is located near the Trinity site, otherwise known as Ground Zero, where the first atomic bomb was detonated. The ranch house was used to assemble the bomb similar to what was later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, were assembled there on July 13, 1945. The bomb was detonated 3 days later on July 16th. You can walk around in the house and around the grounds. Since it is in a protected area, it has remained pretty much intact other than...