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Carson is an unincorporated community in southwestern Taos County, New Mexico, United States. [1] Named after frontiersman and Taos resident Kit Carson, Carson was founded c. 1908, when the surrounding area was opened for homesteading. [2] Carson is a low-density rural residential area. Carson has a post office, with the ZIP code 87517.
Map of Carson National Forest. Carson National Forest is a national forest in northern New Mexico, United States. It encompasses 6,070 square kilometers (1.5 million acres) and is administered by the United States Forest Service. The Forest Service's "mixed use" policy allows for its use for recreation, grazing, and resource extraction.
The Valle Vidal (Spanish, "Valley of Life") is a 101,794 acres (41,195 ha) mountain basin in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains within the Carson National Forest, northwest of Cimarron, New Mexico. Elevations in the basin range from 7,700 to 12,554 feet (2,347 to 3,826 m). [1] Valle Vidal is noted for its pristine scenery and wildlife.
Carson's home in Taos, New Mexico, is the Kit Carson Home and Museum. His tourist attraction grave is nearby in the former Kit Carson State Park, now managed as a city park. A Kit Carson monument obelisk (1885) stands at the Santa Fe, New Mexico federal building park. The Kit Carson marker of bronze, dedicated to his 1844 trip, is in Carson ...
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Map of the United States with New Mexico highlighted. New Mexico is a state located in the Western United States.According to the 2020 United States Census, New Mexico is the 15th least-populous state with 2,117,522 inhabitants [1] but the 5th-largest by land area, spanning 121,298.15 square miles (314,160.8 km 2). [2]
Tres Piedras is located approximately 30 miles northwest of Taos, and west of the Rio Grande on U.S. Route 64.At approximately 8,000 feet (2,400 m) in altitude, it is located within the southern portion of the San Juan Range of the Rocky Mountains.
The Kit Carson House is a historic house museum at 113 Kit Carson Road in central Taos, New Mexico. Built in 1825, it was from 1843 until his death the home of frontiersman Kit Carson (1809-1868). An example of Spanish Colonial architecture , it is now owned by the local Masonic fraternity, and serves as a museum dedicated to Carson's life.