Kit Carson Memorial State Park
Kit Carson Memorial State Park is a park in Taos, New Mexico and has an elevation of 7,011 feet. Kit Carson Memorial State Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Cañon, as well as near Ranchito.- Type: Park
- Description: park in Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Also known as: “Kit Carson Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Taos Art Museum and Taos Inn.
Taos Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Khlnmusa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Taos Art Museum is an art museum located in Taos, New Mexico in the Nicolai Fechin House. This was the home of Russian artist Nicolai Fechin, his wife Alexandra, and daughter Eya.
Taos Inn
Photo: Mark Stephenson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Taos Inn is an historic inn located in Taos, New Mexico. It is made up of several adobe houses dating from the 19th century, one of which was a home of Thomas "Doc" Martin which hosted the formative meeting of the Taos Society of Artists in 1915.
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.
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 1½ miles north of Kit Carson Memorial State Park.
Taos Pueblo
Village
Taos Pueblo is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, just north of Taos. The population was 1,264 at the 2000 census. Taos Pueblo is situated 2½ miles northeast of Kit Carson Memorial State Park.
Kit Carson Memorial State Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.40919° or 36° 24′ 33″ northLongitude
-105.56751° or 105° 34′ 3″ westElevation
7,011 feet (2,137 metres)Open location code
858PCC5J+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 357618961OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Kit Carson Memorial State Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kit Carson Memorial State Park”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cañon and Ranchito.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kit Carson Park and Fechin House.
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