Bernardo, New Mexico

Bernardo, New Mexico
Unincorporated community
Rio Grande and Interstate 25 passing through Bernardo and Contreras, New Mexico. View from the northwest. Rio Puerco flowing toward the Rio Grande from the west.
Rio Grande and Interstate 25 passing through Bernardo and Contreras, New Mexico. View from the northwest. Rio Puerco flowing toward the Rio Grande from the west.
Coordinates: 34°25′07″N 106°50′01″W / 34.41861°N 106.83361°W / 34.41861; -106.83361
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
CountySocorro
Elevation
[1]
4,741 ft (1,445 m)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
Area code505
GNIS feature ID923560[1]

Bernardo is an unincorporated community in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States, at the northern junction of US 60 and Interstate 25. Bernardo was named, circa 1902, after a friend of John Becker, a leading merchant in nearby Belen.[2] The main point of interest is the nearby Bernardo Wildlife Management Area, visited by large flocks of sandhill cranes and other birds.[3]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bernardo, New Mexico
  2. ^ Julyan 1996, p. 37.
  3. ^ Liddell & Hussey 2011, p. 143.