Things to Do Near Eunice, NM

Our Location

Five Star Inn and Oil Patch Motel sit side by side at 1400 Main St, right in the center of Eunice. Everything on this page is a short drive away: the speedway and city park are minutes from your door, golf is 5 miles west, and Hobbs and Jal are each about 25 minutes up or down NM-18.

Cardinals Speedway

Cardinal Speedway is an IMCA sanctioned, 1/4 mile, high-banked, clay oval race track that produces great racing in all classes. Eunice competes every other Saturday night in Eunice, which is just 18 miles south of Hobbs in Southeast New Mexico.

Marshall Park

City park with covered picnic areas, skate park, multiple playgrounds, multiple sporting fields & restroom facilities.

Eunice Municipal Golf Course

Bring your clubs. Eunice Municipal Golf Course is a public 9-hole course about 5 miles west of town on NM-8, with a driving range and practice green, so a quick round after work is easy. Want more holes? Jal Country Club has 18 holes about 25 minutes south, and Rockwind Community Links in Hobbs offers 27 holes open year-round.

Local Restaurants

Eunice has hometown spots for every meal. Start with breakfast at Debby's Kountry Kitchen or Diana's Cafe, grab coffee at B's Coffee Shop or a dozen from Eunice Donuts, and finish the day with pizza at Big Cheese Pizza, Mexican food at El Rincon Mexicano or a burger at Outlaw Grill. Hobbs and Jal add even more choices just up and down NM-18.

Day Trips to Hobbs & Jal

Hobbs is about 19 miles north on NM-18, with Zia Park Casino & Racetrack, the Western Heritage Museum & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame, Harry McAdams Park and the CORE recreation center. Head 25 minutes south to Jal for Jal Lake Park and the steel cattle-drive sculptures above town. Eunice makes an easy, quiet home base for both.