Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The springs were used by local indigenous people before the arrival of settlers. Artifacts and archaeological finds have been discovered at Jemez Cave near Soda Dam; evidence of human use as long ago as 2,500 B.C. [6] In addition to the cave, several rock shelters can be found in the area. In the 1930s, extensive archaeological materials were ...
Jemez Springs, c.1890. Jemez Springs (pronounced HEH-mes) is a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.The population was 250 at the 2010 census. [4] Named for the nearby Pueblo of Jemez, [5]: 76 the village is the site of Jemez State Monument and the headquarters of the Jemez Ranger District.
The Jemez Ranger District was established in 1905 as the Jemez Forest Reserve. A number of hot springs and the Jemez Soda Dam on the Jemez River are among the attractions, along with the Dome Wilderness, which lies just west of Bandelier National Monument. The district office is in Jemez Springs. [8]
The hot spring is located in the Jemez Springs area, north of the Soda Dam and south of Spence hot spring. [2] It is part of a system of hot springs on the edge of the Valles Caldera, a dormant volcanic crater. [6] The hike to the springs is 4 miles (6.4 km) on a mildly strenuous, but well-maintained trail. [7]
Northeast of Jemez Springs, off State Road 4 [6 35°49′42″N 106°38′37″W / 35.8283°N 106.6436°W / 35.8283; -106.6436 ( Hot Springs Pueblo (FS-505 Jemez Springs
The main spring is located on a hillside above the Jemez River, and flows into a sandy bottomed primitive rock soaking pool before cascading into two additional rock pools of different temperatures terraced on the hillside. The middle pool also has an additional water source from a spring inside a cave with a water temperature 100°F/38°C.
Jemez National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Located in Santa Fe National Forest, the U.S. Forest Service recreation area comprises 57,650 acres (23,330 ha) [1] and is administered by the U.S. Forest Service's Jemez Ranger District. The Forest Service administers the lands to promote the area for ...
Jemez_Springs,_c.1890.jpg (800 × 521 pixels, file size: 347 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.