Southwest
New Mexico
Colfax

Rayado

Rayado was the first permanent settlement in , , 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.
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: human settlement in New Mexico, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Abreu”, “Rayado, New Mexico”, “Rayado, NM”, and “Ryado”

Places of Interest

Highlights include UU Bar Ranch and Kit Carson Mesa.

Farm
The "America’s Greatest Ranch", established in 1848 by Lucien B. Maxwell and once owned by the oil magnate Waite Phillips, is owned by Z&T Cattle Company headquartered in Pecos, Texas.

Peak
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.

Rayado

Latitude
36.3676° or 36° 22′ 3″ north
Longitude
-104.93026° or 104° 55′ 49″ west
Elevation
6,509 feet (1,984 metres)
Open location code
858Q9399+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151850472
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
5550538
Wiki­data ID
Q7298361
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Rayado” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “拉亞多 (新墨西哥州)”
  • Chinese: “拉亞多”
  • Croatian: “Rayado, Novi Meksiko”
  • Croatian: “Rayado”
  • French: “Rayado”
  • Italian: “Rayado”
  • Persian: “رایادو، نیومکزیکو”
  • Persian: “رایادو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “رایادو، نیومکزیکو”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Holy Child Chapel and Kit Carson Museum.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rayado”. Photo: Kkmurray, CC BY-SA 4.0.