Taos

Taos is a prominent town of 6,000 people in . 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.
taosnm.gov
taosgov.com
Wikivoyage
Wikipedia
Photo: Zeality, CC BY 2.5.
Photo: Archinia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: City with 6,470 residents
  • Description: town in and seat of Taos County, New Mexico, United States
  • Also known as: “Taos (Nuevo México)”, “Taos, New Mexico”, “Taos, NM”, “Taos, Tân Mễ”, and “Taos, Tân Mexico”
  • Postal code: 87571
  • Neighbors:
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Harwood Museum of Art and Taos Art Museum.

Museum
Photo: Khlnmusa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is located in Taos, New Mexico.

Museum
Photo: Khlnmusa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an art museum located in Taos, New Mexico in the Nicolai Fechin House.

Museum
Photo: Archinia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a historic house museum at 113 Kit Carson Road in central Taos, New Mexico.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Prado and Taos Pueblo.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated suburb and census…

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
is a census-designated place…

Taos

Latitude
36.4072° or 36° 24′ 26″ north
Longitude
-105.5733° or 105° 34′ 24″ west
Population
6,470
Elevation
6,969 feet (2,124 metres)
IATA airport code
TSM
Open location code
858PCC4G+VM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 151741359
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
5493811
Wiki­data ID
Q876315
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Taos” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Taos, New Mexico”
  • Albanian: “Taos”
  • Arabic: “تاوس”
  • Basque: “Taos”
  • Bulgarian: “Таос”
  • Catalan: “Taos”
  • Cebuano: “Taos”
  • Chechen: “Таос”
  • Chinese: “陶斯”
  • Croatian: “Taos, Novi Meksiko”
  • Croatian: “Taos”
  • Czech: “Taos”
  • Dagbani: “Taos”
  • Dutch: “Taos”
  • Finnish: “Taos”
  • French: “Taos”
  • Galician: “Taos”
  • German: “Taos”
  • Gilaki: “تائوس”
  • Hebrew: “טאוס”
  • Hungarian: “Taos”
  • Indonesian: “Taos, New Mexico”
  • Indonesian: “Taos”
  • Irish: “Taos”
  • Italian: “Taos”
  • Japanese: “タオス”
  • Korean: “타오스”
  • Ladin: “Taos”
  • Marathi: “ताओस”
  • Mazanderani: “تائوس (نیومکزیکو)”
  • Mazanderani: “تائوس”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Taos”
  • Navajo: “Tówoł”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Taos”
  • Norwegian: “Taos”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Taos”
  • Persian: “تائوس، نیومکزیکو”
  • Persian: “تائوس”
  • Persian: “تاوس”
  • Polish: “Taos”
  • Portuguese: “Taos”
  • Romanian: “Taos, New Mexico”
  • Romanian: “Taos”
  • Russian: “Таос”
  • Serbian: “Таос (Нови Мексико)”
  • Serbian: “Таос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taos, New Mexico”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Taos”
  • Silesian: “Taos”
  • Slovak: “Taos”
  • Slovenian: “Taos”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تائوس، نیومکزیکو”
  • Spanish: “Taos”
  • Swedish: “Taos, New Mexico”
  • Swedish: “Taos”
  • Tatar: “Таос”
  • Ukrainian: “Таос”
  • Urdu: “ٹاوس، نیو میکسیکو”
  • Urdu: “ٹاوس”
  • Vietnamese: “Taos, New Mexico”
  • Vietnamese: “Taos”
  • Vietnamese: “Thành phố Taos”
  • Volapük: “Taos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taos, New Mexico”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Taos”
  • Welsh: “Taos, New Mexico”
  • Welsh: “Taos”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Taos”.

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ranchito and Cañon.

North Central New Mexico: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Santa Fe and Los Alamos.

Explore These Curated Destinations

Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.