

![Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico June 19, 2010 [Detail]](https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1427/4721299117_cc26ae2266.jpg)
Northeast New Mexico is a region bordering the Texas Panhandle and southern Colorado. It has fewer scenic and cultural attractions than most other regions of the state, but does contain a few things to break the tedium of the drive west across the Great Plains en route to the better-known tourist areas of Santa Fe and north central New Mexico. Two units of the United States National Parks system can be found here.