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Hunt's Hole, Kilbourne Hole

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Hunt's Hole, Kilbourne Hole

August 20, 2026

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Southern New Mexico and the El Paso region are portrayed through a series of historical, geological, natural-history, and news accounts spanning the 19th and 20th centuries. In Doña Ana County, Hunts Hole and Kilbourne Hole are described as rare maar volcanoes formed about 10,000 years ago when…

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