Editing Questa, New Mexico (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Questa, Taos County, New Mexico-1943.jpg|thumbnail|left|Questa 1943]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the village has a total area of {{convert|5.1|sqmi}}, all land. The village is a regional hub for the smaller outlying communities of Lama, Cerro, Sunshine Valley, Latir, Costilla, and Amalia. Questa is surrounded by the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument to the west and the Carson National Forest to the East.

Questa lies at the western base of the [[Taos Mountains]], part of the [[Sangre de Cristo Mountains]]. Rising above the town to the northeast is the [[Latir Peak]] [[massif]], headed by [[Venado Peak]], {{convert|12734|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}; Pinabete Peak, a southwestern outlier of the group, rises closest to Questa. To the southeast lies Flag Mountain, a northwestern spur of the group of mountains that includes [[Wheeler Peak (New Mexico)|Wheeler Peak]], the highest peak in New Mexico. To the north and west lie the [[Rio Grande Gorge]], cutting a [[volcanic plateau]] dotted with several peaks of volcanic origin in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument.{{clear left}}