Taos
Taos, in north-central New Mexico, sits between the Rio Grande Gorge and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and has drawn artists and writers since Ernest Blumenschein and Bert Phillips established the first artist colony here in 1898 — later attracting Georgia O'Keeffe, D.H. Lawrence, and Dennis Hopper. The adjacent Taos Pueblo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has been continuously inhabited for roughly a millennium and gives the town its name. A real café and restaurant scene rounds out a small town with an outsized cultural footprint.
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- Population5,740
- Nearest water from center 1.0 km0.6 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 4.0 km2.5 mi
Nearest airports
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Taos: quick answers
Where is Taos?
Taos is in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, about 87 km54 miles in a straight line from Santa Fe.
How do you get to Taos?
The nearest airport is Taos (TSM), about 24 min away by road. The nearest train station is Santa Fe Depot, about 1 hr 29 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Taos?
The warmest month is July, averaging 20°C69°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at -5°C24°F. The wettest month is July, with about 51 mm2.0 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Taos?
OpenStreetMap lists 24 museums, 20 restaurants, 7 cafés and 12 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Taos?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Red River.