The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Desert Southwest

Stop 2 · Days 358–359

Roswell

Roswell, NM

The little city where something crashed in 1947 — now gloriously, kitschily devoted to aliens.

Where to stay

You gotta eat this

  • A green-chile cheeseburger

    A New Mexico staple, alien-branded here.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 358Day 358 — Little Green MenFull day · 2h planned
  2. 359Day 359 — North to Santa FeDrive day · 3h drive

What this stop is made of

  • Quirky Americana & Roadside Oddities