Peñasco
Peñasco is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico. It is located along the scenic High Road to Taos. As of the 2020 census, Peñasco had a population of 474.- Type: Hamlet with 589 residents
- Description: human settlement in Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Also known as: “Penasco”, “Peñasco, New Mexico”, and “Peñasco, NM”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vadito and Llano.
Vadito
Hamlet
Picuris Pueblo
Village
Picuris Pueblo is a historic pueblo in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Picuris Pueblo is situated 2½ miles northwest of Peñasco.
Peñasco
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.16945° or 36° 10′ 10″ north
Longitude
-105.68647° or 105° 41′ 11″ west
Population
589
Elevation
7,687 feet (2,343 metres)
Open location code
858P5897+QC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Volapük—“Peñasco” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Peñasco”
- Cebuano: “Peñasco”
- Chechen: “Пеньяско”
- Chinese: “佩尼亞斯科 (新墨西哥州)”
- Chinese: “佩尼亞斯科”
- Croatian: “Peñasco, Novi Meksiko”
- Croatian: “Peñasco”
- Dutch: “Penasco”
- French: “Peñasco”
- German: “Peñasco”
- Gilaki: “پنیاسکو”
- Irish: “Peñasco”
- Italian: “Peñasco”
- Japanese: “ペニャスコ”
- Ladin: “Peñasco”
- Ladin: “Peñasco”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Penasco”
- Navajo: “Tsétsohí”
- Persian: “پنیاسکو”
- Polish: “Peñasco”
- Portuguese: “Penasco”
- Serbian: “Peñasco, New Mexico”
- Serbian: “Peñasco”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Peñasco, New Mexico”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Peñasco”
- South Azerbaijani: “پنیاسکو، نیو مکزیکو”
- Spanish: “Peñasco”
- Tatar: “Пеньяско”
- Ukrainian: “Пеньяско”
- Volapük: “Peñasco”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Rodarte and Llano Largo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: The Presbyterian Church and Saint Anthony Parochial School.
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