Las Cruces, New Mexico: World's Largest Chili Pepper
47-foot-long fire-engine-red pepper made of 2 1/2 tons of concrete. It's designed to entice travelers to notice this hotel rather than the ones lacking giant chili peppers.
- Address:
- 2160 W. Picacho Ave, Las Cruces, NM
- Directions:
- On the west edge of town, on the north side of US Hwy 70/W. Picacho Ave., in front of America's Best Value Inn.
- Admission:
- Free to see from the street. Donation to get up close, inside the courtyard.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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World's Largest Chili Pepper Largest chili pepper in the world! Is enclosed behind a gate. [Hayden, 03/31/2012]
Built in 2010-2011 by the owners of a motel who thought it would attract tourists to their neighborhood, and give Las Cruces an identity (The chili pepper is New Mexico's favorite crop). This 47-foot-long behemoth also establishes Las Cruces as a rival to Hatch, New Mexico, which claims to be Chili Capital of the World.
Even if the motel changes owners, the fire-engine-red pepper will probably stay; it's an Old School attraction, built of 5,000 pounds of concrete.
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