2011 Map of Ranchos De Taos

About this map

Ranchos de Taos serves as the focal point of this northern New Mexico landscape, where the high desert meets the rising slopes of the Fernando Mountains. The settlement pattern reflects deep-rooted community history, visible in the cluster of burial grounds such as Hart Cemetery, Camposanto Jesus Nazareno, and Saint Francis Cemetery. Water management is central to the area's survival, evidenced by the Acequia Madre del Rio Chiquito and Acequia de Abajo la Loma—traditional irrigation ditches that divert the flow of the Rio Grande del Rancho to support the villages of Llano Quemado and Talpa. Further south, the terrain becomes more isolated as it ascends into the national forest, marked by features like Cuchilla Del Ojo and Pinoreal Peak, with forest roads leading to the quiet outposts of Pot Creek and Vallecitos.