Roswell is about 3 hours south of Albuquerque, and near the communities of Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, Dexter, Lincoln, Hagerman, Artesia and Carlsbad. Roswell has long been known as the UFO and Alien Research center of the Southwest, and the Ramada Limited Roswell hotel is a great base from which to explore Alien Encounters and all the other numerous attractions of the area.