Guided tours of Las Cruces, to include: Wine tours, Navajo storytelling by starlight, half day hikes, kayaking, ghost tours, and more:
Southwest Expeditions - Adventure Tours, Tours, Kayak Tours (swexpeditions.com)
Heading out to White Sands National Monument? It's an hour east of Las Cruces:
White Sands National Park (U.S. National Park Service) (nps.gov)
Silver City is less than two hours away, with shops, galleries, and a mountain climate:
For a unique museum experience, including a great selection of Mimbres Pottery, visit the Museum in Deming, less than an hour away:
Deming History Museum - New Mexico's Largest Free Museum (lunacountyhistoricalsociety.com)
There's more to see and do in El Paso than just using the airport:
Camerata del Sol is an innovative group of top-notch musicians from Las Cruces, El Paso and Ciudad Juárez that seeks to bring unique chamber music experiences to the region.
The town of Truth or Consequences is an hour north of Las Cruces