Cerro Colorado
Cerro Colorado is a peak in Taos, New Mexico and has an elevation of 7,726 feet. Cerro Colorado is situated nearby to the hamlet Vallecito, as well as near La Cuestecita.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harding Pegmatite Mine.
Harding Pegmatite Mine
Monument
Photo: Kent G. Budge, CC0.
The Harding Pegmatite Mine is a former adit mine that extracted lithium, tantalum, and beryllium from a Precambrian pegmatite sill. It ceased operations in 1958 and its owner, Arthur Montgomery, donated it to the University of New Mexico, which runs the site as an outdoor geology laboratory with mineral collecting permitted on a small scale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chamisal and Cañoncito.
Chamisal
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Chamisal is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico. It is located along the scenic High Road to Taos. The population was 301 at the time of the 2000 census. Chamisal was founded by settlers on the Las Trampas Land Grant which dates back to 1751.
Cañoncito
Hamlet
Cañoncito is an unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. Cañoncito is located on Embudo Creek, 3.4 miles east-southeast of Dixon.
Trampas
Hamlet
Photo: Elisa.rolle, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Las Trampas or just Trampas, is an unincorporated hamlet in Taos County, New Mexico. Founded in 1751 to settle the Las Trampas Land Grant, its center retains the original early Spanish colonial defensive layout as well as the 18th-century San José de Gracia Church, one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish colonial church architecture in the United States.
Cerro Colorado
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,726 feet
- Description: mountain in Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.17391° or 36° 10′ 26″ northLongitude
-105.77863° or 105° 46′ 43″ westElevation
7,726 feet (2,355 metres)Open location code
858P56FC+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 357593080OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Cerro Colorado” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cerro Colorado (bukid sa Estados Unidos, New Mexico, Taos County)”
- Cebuano: “Cerro Colorado”
- Dutch: “Cerro Colorado”
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Localities in the Area
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