Otero County

A large pistachio sculpture stands next to a green tour vehicle in an outdoor parking area. — Plate I. World's Largest Pistachio statue and tour tram. From newmexicomagazine.org

World's Largest Pistachio, Alamogordo. — Plate II. World's Largest Pistachio, Alamogordo. Photograph by Mbdfar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

World's Largest Pistachio

Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico. 30-foot-tall tan-and-green pistachio.

Details

Map. Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico. Larger map

Where: 7320 US 54/70, Alamogordo, NM 88310. Directions
When: 10 am to 4 pm every day.
Getting there: U.S. Highway 54 between Alamogordo and Tularosa.
Fees: $5 per tour.
Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Access: Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Walk-in or reserve: Reserve ONLINE! No walk-ins.
Phone: 1-800-368-3081
Website: pistachioland.com
Managed by: The McGinn Family.
Established: 2007.

The 30-foot-tall tan-and-green pistachio was built in memory of owner Timothy McGinn's father, Thomas McGinn, who died in 2007.

Notable Events

1980The business was started after Thomas McGinn moved from the East Coast. koat.com
1980The McGinn family started a 90-acre pistachio orchard that today holds over 12,500 trees. newmexico.org
2007Tim McGinn conceived the giant pistachio and a plaque as a memorial to his father. koat.com

People

Thomas Michael McGinn, Founder of PistachioLand.
Tim McGinn, Owner of the pistachio ranch who built the monument honoring his father (2007).
Thomas McGinn, Founder of the pistachio orchard.
Tom McGinn, Founder of the pistachio and grape-producing farm.
Timothy McGinn, Son of the founder who erected the 30-foot sculpture in his father's memory (2008).

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