Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area (U.S. National Park Service)

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Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area

Stretching from Albuquerque to the Colorado border, the heritage area includes Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, and Taos counties. It encompasses a mosaic of cultures, including the Jicarilla Apache, 8 Pueblo tribes, and the descendants of Spanish colonists who settled in the area beginning in 1598, a generation before the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock.

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		A Cultural Landscape Within the heritage area boundaries are many significant historic sites and a cultural landscape that reflects long settlement of the region. These include Taos Pueblo, recognized as a World Heritage Site, and other pre-Columbian and Colonial Spanish places designated as National Historic Landmarks, or listed in the National Register of Historic Places or the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties.

		Management Planning Process The Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area is required by the US Congress to complete a comprehensive plan that demonstrates knowledge of the cultural and natural resources in the Heritage Area. We need your input on what to include. Learn more here.

Community Meetings a Success

As part of the heritage area planning process, six public meetings were held throughout the region including this one in Taos. Learn more about what happened here.

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PO BOX 610
Española, NM 87532

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Heritage Area Information
(505) 753-0937

Climate

Northern New Mexico has a mild, semi-arid continental climate characterized by abundant sunshine. The summer monsoon season usually brings brief but exciting thundershowers in late afternoon, while winter snowstorms alternate with long stretches of sunny, cloudless days.