Portico Prospect
Portico Prospect is a quarry in Taos, New Mexico and has an elevation of 8,461 feet. Portico Prospect is situated nearby to the hamlet Lama Foundation, as well as near San Cristobal.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Taos County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Address: NM
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include D. H. Lawrence Ranch.
D. H. Lawrence Ranch
School
The D. H. Lawrence Ranch, as it is now known, was the New Mexico residence of the English novelist D. H. Lawrence for about two years during the 1920s and the only property Lawrence and his wife Frieda owned. D. H. Lawrence Ranch is situated 2½ miles south of Portico Prospect.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lama Foundation and San Cristobal.
Lama Foundation
Hamlet
Lama Foundation is a spiritual community founded in 1967, located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, seventeen miles north of Taos. The original commune was co-founded by Barbara Durkee, Stephen Durkee, and Jonathan Altman.
San Cristobal
Hamlet
San Cristobal is a census-designated place in Taos County, New Mexico. Its population was 273 as of the 2010 census, and in the 2020 census the population was 206 persons with a total number of households at 49. San Cristobal is situated 2½ miles southwest of Portico Prospect.
Cañoncito
Hamlet
Cañoncito is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Cañoncito is 10 miles north-northwest of Taos. Cañoncito is situated 5 miles south of Portico Prospect.
Portico Prospect
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.61836° or 36° 37′ 6″ north
Longitude
-105.5989° or 105° 35′ 56″ west
Elevation
8,461 feet (2,579 metres)
Open location code
858PJC92+8C
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Portico Prospect” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Portico Prospect”
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