Editing Taos, New Mexico (section)

==Historic sites and tourism==
[[File:Taospueblo.jpg|thumb|Taos Pueblo]] [[File:E.L. Blumenschein House Library 2.jpg|thumb|E.L. Blumenschein House Library, National Register of Historical Places]]
{{see also|National Register of Historic Places listings in Taos County, New Mexico}}

Taos is home to more than twenty sites on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/nm/Taos/state.html |title=Taos County, New Mexico |work=National Register of Historic Places |publisher=U.S. Dept. of Interior, the National Park Service, and the National Register of Historic Places |access-date=June 4, 2011}}</ref>

===Pueblos===
About {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of Taos is [[Taos Pueblo]]. [[Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico|Picuris Pueblo]] is located about {{convert|25|mi|km}} south.

===Taos Fiestas===
The Fiestas de Taos is an annual community celebration in the [[Taos Plaza]] honoring the feast of the two patron saints of Taos, Santa Ana and Santiago. It is normally celebrated the third weekend of July. A commemorative mass and procession from Our Lady of Guadalupe Church officially opens the event on Friday evening, followed with the crowning of the Fiestas Queen. The celebration continues with musical and dance performances scheduled on the plaza every hour. Two parades are staged, a children's parade on Saturday and the larger Fiesta Parade on Sunday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fiestasdetaos.com/|title=¡QUE VIVAN LAS FIESTAS DE TAOS! &#124; Fiestas de Taos &#124; Taos, New Mexico|website=fiestasdetaos.com}}</ref>

===Bent Street===
Located just north of the Taos Plaza, this street was the location of Governor Charles Bent's home.

Governor Bent was scalped and killed by Pueblo warriors during the [[Taos Revolt]] on January 19, 1847. During the Taos Revolt, Bent's horses were set free from their stable.

===Artists homes and studios===

==== Present ====
The [[Helene Wurlitzer Foundation]] is a non-profit organization based in Taos that provides free residency to eleven artists, with each year divided into three residency sessions of three months apiece at Casa Encantado.

[[Abbie Conant]], former principal trombonist of the [[Munich Philharmonic|Munich Philharmonic Orchestra]] and seasonal Taos resident, runs a studio three blocks from the plaza. In addition to the studio having capacity to seat 60, there is also a two bedroom living space. In addition to her and her husband's own performances, the studio has hosted poetry readings, presentations and performance from local Taoseñas and fellows from the Wurlitzer Foundation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taos Studio of William Osborne and Abbie Conant|url=http://www.osborne-conant.org/Taos.htm|access-date=September 29, 2020|website=www.osborne-conant.org}}</ref>

==== Historic ====
Many of the historic sites are homes and studios of artists, including the [[Mabel Dodge Luhan House]], [[Eanger Irving Couse House and Studio—Joseph Henry Sharp Studios]], the [[Nicolai Fechin House]], the [[Leon Gaspard House]], and the [[Ernest Martin Hennings]] House.

Doc Martin's restaurant in the historic [[Taos Inn]] was previously the office of [[Thomas "Doc" Martin]] while other parts of the inn served as his home and the birthplace of the [[Taos Society of Artists]]. On Ledoux street, just south of the Taos Plaza, is the [[Ernest L. Blumenschein House]] and [[Harwood Museum of Art|Harwood House]].

===Other historic sites===
[[File:Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Taos, NM - 2024.jpg|alt=Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Taos, NM|thumb|Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Taos, NM]]
The center of the [[Taos Downtown Historic District]] is the Taos Plaza. Just west of that is the [[Our Lady of Guadalupe (Taos, New Mexico)|Our Lady of Guadalupe Church]]. North of the Taos Plaza is the [[Governor Charles Bent House]] and the [[Taos Inn]]. Further north in Taos The Bernard Beimer House. On the southwestern edge of the Taos Historic district is [[La Loma Plaza Historic District]]. East of the plaza on Kit Carson Road is the [[Kit Carson House]].

North of Taos is the [[Turley Mill and Distillery Site]] and the [[Rio Grande Gorge Bridge]]. Just outside Taos in Ranchitos is the [[Martinez Hacienda]], the home turned museum of the late Padre [[Antonio José Martínez]]. South of Taos is the [[Ranchos de Taos Plaza]] with the [[San Francisco de Asis Mission Church]].

{{Geographic location
|title = '''Taos Historic District Places from Taos Plaza'''
|Northwest =
|North     = [[Governor Charles Bent House]], [[Taos Inn]], The Bernard Beimer House, [[Taos Art Museum]], the [[Nicolai Fechin House]], [[Taos Pueblo]]
|Northeast = [[Mabel Dodge Luhan House]]
|Centre    = Taos Plaza within the<br>[[Taos Downtown Historic District]]
|East      = [[Kit Carson House]], [[Eanger Irving Couse House and Studio—Joseph Henry Sharp Studios]], [[Ernest Martin Hennings]] House, the Leon Gaspard House
|West      = [[Our Lady of Guadalupe (Taos, New Mexico)|Our Lady of Guadalupe Church]]
|Southwest = [[La Loma Plaza Historic District]]
|South     = [[Ernest L. Blumenschein House]], [[Harwood Museum of Art|Harwood House]]
|Southeast =
}}
[[File: Kit Carson gravestone and burial plot - Taos, New Mexico.jpg|thumb|Kit Carson gravestone and burial plot]]

About {{convert|20|mi|km}} northwest is the [[D. H. Lawrence Ranch]] (originally known as the Kiowa Ranch and now owned by the [[University of New Mexico]]), the home of the English novelist in the 1920s. It is believed that his ashes are buried there at the D. H. Lawrence Memorial.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

===Arts===
There are three art museums in Taos: [[Harwood Museum of Art]], [[Taos Art Museum]] and [[Millicent Rogers Museum]] that provide art from the Pueblo Native Americans, [[Taos Society of Artists]] and modern and contemporary artists of the [[Taos art colony]]. The town has more than 80 art galleries, and there are several houses of the [[Taos Society of Artists]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/art-today |title=Art Today |work=Taos Vacation Guide |publisher=Taos Webb Community |access-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210061603/http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/art-today/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/art-history |title=Art History |work=Taos Vacation Guide |publisher=Taos Webb Community |access-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210053941/http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/art-history/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

There are several local venues for the performing arts in Taos. The Taos Center for the Arts (TCA) draws nationally renowned and local performers at the Taos Community Auditorium. They also present independent film series. Three chamber music groups perform at TCA: Taos School of Music, Taos Chamber Music Group, and Music from Angel Fire. The [[Harwood Museum of Art]] is site of other performances and lectures. The Town of Taos Convention Center offers a venue for other local performances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/performance-art |title=Performing Arts |work=Taos Vacation Guide |publisher=Taos Webb Community |access-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210061912/http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/performance-art/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The [[Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival]] was a film festival held in the town from the mid-1990s to 2003. The festival's top prize was {{convert|5|acre}} of land.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2003/12/08/story3.html |title=Taos Talking Pictures Drops Curtain |author=Domrzalski, Dennis |date= December 7, 2003 |newspaper=New Mexico Business Weekly |access-date= June 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://albuquerque.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/stories/2004/03/15/story7.html |title=Three Festivals Rise Out of Taos Talking Pictures' Ashes |author=Domrzalski, Dennis |date= March 14, 2004 |newspaper=New Mexico Business Weekly |access-date= June 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.taoslandandfilm.com/ |title=Film Festival Awards |publisher=Taos Land and Film Co. |access-date= June 3, 2011}}</ref>

===Recreation===
The [[Carson National Forest]] and [[Rio Grande del Norte National Monument]] provide many opportunities for recreation, such as hiking, skiing, fly fishing, horseback riding, golfing, hot air ballooning, [[Llama hiking|llama trekking]], rafting, and mountain biking. The South Boundary National Recreation trail, east of town in Carson National Forest, is consistently ranked the best mountain bike trail in New Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtbproject.com/directory/8009312/new-mexico|title=Mountain Bike Trails Near New Mexico|website=MTB Project|access-date= April 9, 2015}}</ref>

There are also numerous hot springs along the [[Rio Grande]] and in the [[Taos Mountains]]. [[Ojo Caliente Hot Springs|Ojo Caliente]] offers locations where visitors can enjoy access to mineral springs as well as massages and other spa treatments.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa |url=https://www.newmexico.org/listing/ojo-caliente-mineral-springs-resort-%26-spa/2397/ |website=NewMexico.org |publisher=NewMexico.org |access-date=April 24, 2024 |ref=86 |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424195637/https://www.newmexico.org/listing/ojo-caliente-mineral-springs-resort-%26-spa/2397/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Among hot springs in the area is a historical site called Stage Coach, which used to double as a brothel during the times of the Old West. Nearby, the [[Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad]] provides a ride through the Toltec Gorge and [[Rocky Mountains|Rocky Mountain]] passes in an authentic [[Narrow-gauge railway|narrow-gauge steam railroad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/summer |title=Summer |work=Taos Vacation Guide, Recreation |publisher=Taos Webb Community |access-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210060101/http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/summer/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the winter, many people come to Taos to ski in the mountains. Nearby [[Wheeler Peak (New Mexico)|Wheeler Peak]], at {{convert|13161|ft|m}}, is the highest peak in New Mexico. The Taos area has four ski areas – [[Taos Ski Valley]], [[Red River, New Mexico|Red River]] ski area, [[Sipapu (ski area)]] and [[Angel Fire Resort|Angel Fire ski area]]. Other winter activities include hot air ballooning, horseback riding, snow-shoeing, cross-country skiing, ski skating, ice skating, ice fishing and snowmobiling.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/winter |title=Winter |work=Taos Vacation Guide, Recreation |publisher=Taos Webb Community |access-date=June 4, 2011 |archive-date=February 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210054842/http://taosvacationguide.com/categories/view/winter/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>