The Jemez Valley, New Mexico
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Jemez Mountain Trail #4 - Jemez Mission Monument
Jemez State Monument is a special place to learn about the history of the Jemez Mountain Trail area. This monument has exhibitions and self-guided tours.
The pueblo was first built in the AD 1500s by ancestors of the modern residents of Jemez Pueblo. The Jemez people lived a typical Southwestern lifestyle for that time. They raised corn, beans and squash in Jemez Canyon along the Jemez River and also up on the nearby mesas. They hunted deer, rabbits, elk, and other game from the forests. They had plenty of water from the Jemez River, and hot springs nearby. In the best of times they may have had a somewhat idyllic life, but the climate could be fickle.
Jemez State Monument consists of the ruins of an ancient pueblo of the Jemez people known as Giusewa and the ruins of a 17th Century Spanish Mission known as San Jose de los Jemez. The mission had a unique octagonal-shaped bell tower. There is a museum and signed trail at the Monument, which is part of New Mexico State Monuments.
Jemez Falls - New Mexico
Jemez Falls is located in the Jemez Mountains of the Santa Fe National Forest. The Falls are the highest waterfalls in the Jemez Mountains and are accessible from a trail that starts at the Jemez Falls campground and day use area. The overlook at the end of the trail is easily accessible and less that 1 mile hike round-trip.
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Jemez Mountains
Jemez Mountains
Highest point
Peak
Chicoma Mountain
Elevation
3,524 m (11,562 ft) [1] NAVD 88
Coordinates
36°00′26″N 106°23′04″W
Coordinates: 36°00′26″N 106°23′04″W
Geography
State/Province
New Mexico
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USGS Polvadera Peak (1977)
The Jemez Mountains ([ˡhɛmɛz]) or Tsąmpiye'ip'įn in Tewa the language spoken by the Tewa Pueblos in New Mexico and Arizona are a volcanic group of mountains in Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico, United States. The highest point in the range is Chicoma Mountain (also spelled as Tschicoma or Tchicoma) at an elevation of 11,561 feet (3524 meters). The town of Los Alamos and Los Alamos National Laboratory adjoin the eastern side of the range while the town of Jemez Springs is to the west. Pajarito Mountain Ski Area is the only ski area in the Jemez. New Mexico State Highway 4 is the primary road that provides vehicular access to locations in the Jemez Mountain
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Jemez Mountain Trail #1 - Gilman Cut
Originally cut as a logging road through the rock walls of the Guadalupe Box in the Jemez Mountains, the Gilman Tunnel and the 7 falls of the Guadalupe River make a fascinating visit.
Jemez Mountains in New Mexico
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Jemez Mountains 4WD Trail FR 376
A look at Forest Road 376 through the Jemez Mountains, from the Gilman Tunnels to its north end past NM 126
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This drive begins in Jemez Springs, heads north on NM 4, then west on NM 126 briefly, before turning onto forest service road 376 for a dirt-road drive through the forest, ending at Rio Cebolla.
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Jemez Mountain Trail Race
Travel the Jemez Mountains Back Roads
So, you're up for a little drive in the mountains... If you head west out of the northern end of Rio Rancho on Hwy 550, within a few minutes you'll hit New Mexico Route 4 and San Ysidro. Route 4 is the 64 mile long main road through the Jemez Mountains connecting the Albuquerque / Rio Rancho area with the Jemez Pueblo, Los Alamos and the Bandelier National Monument.
A few miles north of San Isidro you will find the Canon de San Diego region, with its stunning red rock formations and dirt, rich with iron. The Jemez Pueblo is located here, although tribal laws do not permit photography of the pueblo or its people.
A few miles north of the pueblo, if you're really paying attention, you will see... MORE AT
Camping in the Jemez Mountains, NM
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Jemez Mountain 50K
50K Trail Run in the Jemez Mountain Los Alamos, New Mexico
Travel Guide New Mexico tm, Jemez State Monument Mountain Trail
The Jemez Mountain Trail twists through time and terrain, contrasting vermilion desert cliffs and snowy alpine peaks, 13 th century stone dwellings and the birth of the Atomic Age in nearly the same breath. Travelers may fish canyon waters at dawn, don snowshoes for a woodland trek, explore ancient Pueblo ruins and view elk crossing an immense volcanic caldera all in the same day.
Jemez Mountain Trail Run 50 Mile Course Flyover - EnduranceBuzz.com
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Travel Guide New Mexico tm Sandoval County The Jemez Mountain Trail
The Jemez Mountain Trail twists through time and terrain, contrasting vermilion desert cliffs and snowy alpine peaks, 13 th century stone dwellings and the birth of the Atomic Age in nearly the same breath. Travelers may fish canyon waters at dawn, don snowshoes for a woodland trek, explore ancient Pueblo ruins and view elk crossing an immense volcanic caldera all in the same day.
The trail begins at the junction of U.S. 550 and N.M. 4 in the pastoral village of San Ysidro, named for the patron saint of farmers. Passing a restored church of the same name, N.M. 4 slowly winds past Jemez Pueblo, home to more than 3,000 tribal members who call the village Walatowa in their native language, Towa. Jemez Pueblo sits at the gateway to the spectacular Canon de San Diego, where the road bisects reddish-orange cliffs as it enters the Red Rocks of the Jemez. The Walatowa Visitor Center (877-733-5687) is wedged in these rocks, along with roadside stands selling crafts, fry bread and red and green chile stew. Jointly operated by Jemez Pueblo and the Santa Fe National Forest, the visitor center houses a museum and gift shop and provides information about the area.
Jemez Mountain Trail #2 - Soda Dam
The Soda Dam, along NM state road 4, is a large hot spring deposit, made mostly of calcium carbonate. The springs used to empty out onto the dam over the Jemez River, but most of the water now exits from the road-cut across the road. Courtesy of the NM Department of Transportation. The Soda Dam hot spring waters start at the Valles Caldera, heated by the hot rock and magma beneath. They travel as hot ground water through Pennsylvanian limestone and shale, and rise to the surface along a fault at the Soda Dam. Most of the carbonate rock of the Dam bears traces of algal filaments, and Soda Dam rock has been used in studies of how ancient Martian life might be detected.
Jemez Mountain Trail #5 - Valles Caldera, Part 2
The Valles Caldera National Preserve was a private ranch until 2000, when Congress created it from a well-known ranch known as the Baca Ranch in New Mexico's volcanic Jemez Mountain Range. This 89,000 acre property is situated inside a collapsed crater. Studded with eruptive domes and featuring Redondo Peak (11,254 feet), this old ranch property is now being developed to explore a new way of managing public lands.
History ... Until recently, the Valles Caldera was part of the Baca Ranch. The Dunigan family sold the entire surface estate of 95,000 acres (380 km2) and seven-eighths of the geothermal mineral estate to the federal government.
Valles Caldera National Preserve ... On July 25, 2000, the Valles Caldera Preservation Act created the Valles Caldera National Preserve, Santa Fe National Forest. The careful husbandry of the Baca Ranch by its private owners, including selective logging, limited grazing and hunting, and the use of prescribed fire, had preserved a mix of healthy range and timber land with significant biodiversity, including New Mexico's largest herd of elk, and served as a model for self-sustaining land development and use. Funds for the purchase came from the Land and Water Conservation Fund derived from royalties the US government receives from offshore petroleum and natural gas drilling. Under the terms of the Act, the Preserve will have to produce sustaining income; environmentalists had lobbied for the more inclusive protections of National Park status instead. The preserve is located in northeastern Sandoval County and southern Rio Arriba County, just west of Los Alamos. It has a land area of 89,716 acres (140.18 sq mi, or 363.07 km2). It is administered from the offices of the Valles Caldera Trust in Jemez Springs.
Sky Island - New Mexico's Jemez Mountains
In Northern New Mexico a range of mountains rises up from the high desert: a wild, rugged land of the Faraway Nearby. The volcanic Jemez Mountains are isolated from all other ranges -- an island in the sky, surrounded by a desert sea. In Sky Island, filmmaker John Grabowska profiles this enchanting landscape and our place within it. Narrated by Meryl Streep and N. Scott Momaday, Music by Todd Boekelheide.