Here are some quick facts about New Mexico:
| Highest Point | Wheeler Peak, northeast of Taos, 13,161 feet |
| Lowest Point | Red Bluff Reservoir, along the Texas border south of Carlsbad |
| State Capital | Santa Fe |
| Statehood Day | January 6, 1912 (47th state) |
| State Tree | Pinon |
| State Grass | Blue Grama |
| State Bird | Roadrunner |
| State Fish | Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout |
| State Animal | Black Bear |
| State Vegetables | Chile and Pinto Beans |
| State Gem | Turquoise |
| State Fossil | Coelophysis |
| State Insect | Tarantula Hawk Wasp |
| State Cookie | Bizcochito |