Radium Springs, New Mexico

About Radium Springs

Radium Springs, NM is a small unincorporated community located in southern New Mexico.

Officially, Radium Springs is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.97 square miles.

📰 Radium Springs News Today

• The clock is ticking for New Mexico to cut Rio Grande water use High Country News · Jul 27
• Radium Springs Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 30
• Leasburg Dam State Park gets $2.9M in road, wastewater upgrades Organ Mountain News · Jun 26
• ‘Radioactive resort’ — called Radium Hot Springs — lists in New Mexico. Take a look Sacramento Bee · Dec 19
• Kevin James Hale Obituary (2026) - Las Cruces, NM - Getz Funeral Home - Las Cruces Legacy obituary · Apr 28

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Radium Springs Unique

• The only place in America named Radium Springs — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southern New Mexico, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 12 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Lucero Wash petroglyphs · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Radium Springs

• Bartlett-Garcia Conde Initial Survey Point Historical Marker reviews ★
• Fort Selden State Monument reviews ★
• Fort Selden State Monument Historical Marker reviews ★
• Robledo Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Robledo Mountains Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Radium Springs

🏘️ Nearby Communities