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At 9,820 feet (2,990 m) in elevation, it is the highest mountain pass in New Mexico. [1] [2] It is located on NM 38 between Eagle Nest, New Mexico [3] and Red River [2] on the boundary of the Carson National Forest. [1]
Taos (/ t aʊ s /) is a town in Taos County, in the north-central region of New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.Initially founded in 1615, it was intermittently occupied until its formal establishment in 1795 by Nuevo México Governor Fernando Chacón to act as fortified plaza and trading outpost for the neighboring Native American Taos Pueblo (the town's namesake) and Hispano ...
Taos Ski Valley is a village and alpine ski resort in the southwestern United States, located in Taos County, New Mexico. The population was 69 at the 2010 census . Until March 19, 2008, it was one of four ski resorts in America to prohibit snowboarding .
Taos Downtown Historic District is located in the center of Taos, New Mexico. It is roughly bounded by Ojitos, Quesnel, Martyr's Lane, Las Placitas and Ranchitos Streets. [3] More broadly the area originally called Don Fernando de Taos [nb 1] is located in the Taos Valley, alongside Taos Creek and about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Taos Pueblo.
Taos County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,489. [1] Its county seat is Taos. [2] The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties in New Mexico Territory. [3] Taos County comprises the Taos, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Taos Valley mist in the morning, The Rio Pueblo de Taos, New Mexico. Taos Valley, also called Lower Taos Canyon, is a valley located in Taos County, New Mexico. [1] It is bounded by the Rio Grande Gorge; the deep ravine, or Arroyo Hondo, of the Rio Hondo; and the Taos Mountain range. [2]
The Rio Pueblo de Taos, also known as Rio Pueblo, is a stream in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, that a tributary of the Rio Grande.From its source in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains it flows about 33 miles (53 km), [1] generally south and west, to join the Rio Grande in the Rio Grande Gorge.
Taos, a sleeping car built by the Budd Company in 1938 for use on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's passenger train, the Super Chief Taos Hum , a phenomenon involving a persistent and invasive low-frequency noise of a humming character and unknown origin