Cerrillos is a small historic mining town along the Turquoise Trail in north-central New Mexico, known for its adobe buildings, turquoise heritage, and proximity to state park trails.
Chama sits at 7,825 feet in New Mexico’s high Rocky Mountains, a small village of 917 residents just seven miles south of the Colorado border. It serves as a gateway to mountain railroads, trout streams, and aspen-covered valleys in the Chama Valley.
Nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, Chimayó is a small village celebrated for its historic pilgrimage shrine, traditional weaving, and scenic location along the High Road to Taos.
Edgewood is a small high-desert town in Santa Fe County where the Sandia Mountains meet the plains, offering Route 66 heritage, outdoor trails, and community events in a setting defined by clear light and rugged beauty.
El Prado is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place just north of Taos in north-central New Mexico, serving as a gateway to the high-desert landscapes, trails, and Taos Pueblo.
El Rito is a small historic village in Rio Arriba County in north-central New Mexico, settled around 1807 as one of the earliest Spanish communities in former Jicarilla Apache lands. At an elevation of 6,875 feet, it sits along NM 554 roughly 18 miles northwest of Española and serves as home to Northern New Mexico College. The surrounding high-desert landscape features dramatic mesas, acequias, an
Española sits in the fertile Río Grande Valley at the confluence of three rivers, serving as a gateway to northern New Mexico with deep roots in Pueblo and Spanish history alongside its modern identity as the Lowrider Capital of the World.
Glorieta is a small census-designated place nestled in the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Santa Fe County, offering a quiet high-desert base for exploring Civil War history, mountain trails, and the vibrant cultural scene of nearby Santa Fe.
Jemez Springs is a small village in the Jemez Mountains of north-central New Mexico, known for its natural hot springs, scenic byways through volcanic landscapes, and proximity to Valles Caldera National Preserve and the Pueblo of Jemez.
Lamy is a small census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, known for its historic railroad station and proximity to Santa Fe.
Los Alamos sits on the Pajarito Plateau in northern New Mexico at about 7,300 feet elevation with a population of roughly 13,000. It is renowned as the birthplace of the atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project and serves as a gateway to Bandelier National Monument and Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Ojo Caliente is a small unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, known for its historic mineral hot springs, ancient Tewa Pueblo heritage, and high-desert landscapes dotted with acequia-irrigated farms along the Rio Ojo Caliente.
Ojo Sarco is a quiet unincorporated community of 277 residents in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, situated along the scenic High Road to Taos.
Pojoaque blends Pueblo heritage with high-desert serenity, offering easy access to northern New Mexico trails, historic sites, and Santa Fe just 15 miles south.
Questa is a small village in northern New Mexico’s high desert, known for its access to the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway.
Red River is a resort town in Taos County, New Mexico, known for tourism, skiing, and mining history.
Santa Fe, the capital of New Mexico, sits at 7,000 feet in the high desert with 320+ days of sunshine, historic plazas, acequias, and a vibrant arts scene framed by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Taos, founded in 1795 and incorporated in 1934, sits at 6,969 ft elevation with a 2020 population of 6,474 and serves as the county seat of Taos County.
Taos Ski Valley is a small alpine village and renowned ski resort nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, offering steep powder skiing in winter and high-elevation trails in summer.
Truchas is a remote historic village in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, perched at 8,048 feet along the High Road to Taos Scenic Byway with deep roots in an 18th-century Spanish land grant.