Cañon
Cañon is a hamlet in Taos, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,988 feet. Cañon is situated nearby to the hamlet Ranchito, as well as near El Prado.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harwood Museum of Art and Kit Carson House.
Harwood Museum of Art
Museum
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The Harwood Museum of Art is located in Taos, New Mexico. Founded in 1923 by the Harwood Foundation, it is the second oldest art museum in New Mexico. Its collections include a wide range of Hispanic works and visual arts from the Taos Society of Artists, Taos Moderns, and contemporary artists.
Kit Carson House
Museum
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The Kit Carson House is a historic house museum at 113 Kit Carson Road in central Taos, New Mexico. Built in 1825, it was from 1843 until his death the home of frontiersman Kit Carson.
Taos High School
School
Taos High School, founded in 1917, is the public high school in Taos, New Mexico, United States. A part of the Taos Municipal Schools school district, is located outside of Taos Pueblo, at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taos and El Prado.
Taos
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Taos is a prominent town of 6,000 people in North Central New Mexico. While much more laid-back than Santa Fe, Taos has become a popular travel destination in its own right, noted for its art colony, its New Age community, excellent skiing, and Taos Pueblo, a photogenic American Indian community that is open to visitors under controlled conditions.
El Prado
Hamlet
El Prado is an unincorporated suburb and census designated place on the north side of Taos, in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. It is generally bounded on the south by the town of Taos, to the east by Taos Pueblo lands, to the north by Arroyo Seco and Arroyo Hondo, and to the west by the Rio Grande Gorge. El Prado is situated 3 miles north of Cañon.
Ranchos de Taos
Village
Ranchos de Taos is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico,United States. The population was 2,707 at the time of the 2020 census. The historic district is the Ranchos de Taos Plaza, which includes the San Francisco de Asis Mission Church. Ranchos de Taos is situated 3½ miles southwest of Cañon.
Cañon
- Type: Hamlet
- Also known as: “Canon”
- Category: locality
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.39051° or 36° 23′ 26″ northLongitude
-105.56335° or 105° 33′ 48″ westElevation
6,988 feet (2,130 metres)Open location code
858P9CRP+6MOpenStreetMap ID
node 151448766OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5460164
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