Sunny Side
Sunny Side is a hamlet in Colfax, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,385 feet. Sunny Side is situated nearby to the hamlet Rayado.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Colfax County, New Mexico
- Also known as: “Sunny Side, New Mexico” and “Sunny Side, NM”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kit Carson Mesa and UU Bar Ranch.
Kit Carson Mesa
Peak
Kit Carson Mesa is the name of a mesa near Rayado in Colfax County, New Mexico. New Mexico State Road 21 runs adjacent to the mesa. It is named after Kit Carson, who is said to have been the first English speaking traveler to visit the town of Rayado. Kit Carson Mesa is situated 2 miles southwest of Sunny Side.
UU Bar Ranch
Farm
The UU Bar Ranch "America’s Greatest Ranch", established in 1848 by Lucien B. Maxwell and once owned by the Oklahoma oil magnate Waite Phillips, is owned by Z&T Cattle Company headquartered in Pecos, Texas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rayado and Miami.
Rayado
Hamlet
Photo: Kkmurray, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rayado was the first permanent settlement in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States and an important stop on the Santa Fe Trail. The name Rayado derives from the Spanish term for "streaked", perhaps in reference to the lot lines marked out by Lucien Maxwell. Rayado is situated 1½ miles west of Sunny Side.
Miami
Hamlet
Miami is an unincorporated community in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. Miami lies on State Road 21 and is between Springer and Sunny Side. The community includes approximately six homes and eight ranches. Miami is situated 6 miles east of Sunny Side.
Sunny Side
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Colfax, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.36365° or 36° 21′ 49″ northLongitude
-104.90194° or 104° 54′ 7″ westElevation
6,385 feet (1,946 metres)Open location code
858Q937X+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 151648324OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Croatian to South Azerbaijani—“Sunny Side” goes by many names.
- Croatian: “Sunny Side, Novi Meksiko”
- Croatian: “Sunny Side”
- French: “Sunny Side”
- Italian: “Sunny Side”
- Navajo: “Shą́ąʼjįʼkin”
- Persian: “سانی ساید، نیومکزیکو”
- Persian: “سانی ساید”
- South Azerbaijani: “سانی ساید، نیومکزیکو”
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