day trips from casa ojo

Casa Ojo is located in the Ojo Valley, just four miles south of the the famous Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs. In the old days, a stage coach would take the journey along the Ojo Road to the mineral springs and back from destinations within a day’s time. Today, there are scores of destinations within a 50-mile radius of Casa Ojo. Take the Carson Road to Taos and marvel at the open skies above the Taos Plateau and the depths to the Rio Grande below the Gorge Bridge. Rise early for a hike on the Chama Wilderness trail on your way to see architect George Nakashima’s stunning Church of Christ in the Desert, and have lunch with the monks. Wander the otherworldly landscapes at Ghost Ranch or Plaza Blanca with a stop at Bode’s General Store. Seasonal highlights: Spring—The Purple Adobe Lavender Farm and white water rafting in Pilar; Summer—the Santa Fe Opera and Pueblo Feast Days; Fall—the Los Luceros Apple Festival and the Dixon Studio Tour; Winter—Christmas Eve with a day of museum-going and shopping in Taos, and an evening soak and dinner at the mineral springs after witnessing the magic and mystery of the Dance of The Matachines at Okay Owingay Pueblo.

ABIQUIU AREA
▪︎ Ghost Ranch: ghostranch.org
▪︎ Purple Adobe Lavender Farm: purpleadobelavenderfarm.com
▪︎ Georgia O’Keeffe House and Studio Tour: okeeffemuseum.org
▪︎ Abiquiu Lake: recreation.gov/camping/gateways/27
▪︎ Monastery of Christ in the Desert: christdesert.org
▪︎ Bosshard Antiques: johnbosshard.com
▪︎ Abiquiu Studio Tour: abiquiustudiotour.org
▪︎ El Rito Studio Tour: elritoartassociation.org/studio-tour

TAOS
▪︎ Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: taos.org/rio-grande-gorge-bridge
▪︎ Millicent Rogers Museum: millicentrogers.org
▪︎ Taos Art Museum at Fechin House: taosartmuseum.org
▪︎ Martinez Hacienda:
taos.org/la-hacienda-de-los-martinez/
▪︎ Mabel Dodge Luhan House: mabeldodgeluhan.com
▪︎ Harwood Museum: harwoodmuseum.org
▪︎ Kit Carson Home and Museum: kitcarsonmuseum.org
▪︎ D.H. Lawrence forbidden art at La Fonda Hotel: atlasobscura.com/dh-lawrence-forbidden-art
▪︎ D. H. Lawrence Ranch: 
taos.org/d-h-lawrence-ranch
▪︎ Taos Pueblo: taospueblo.com
▪︎ Earnest Blumenschein Museum: taos.org/blumenschein-home-museum
▪︎ Taos Plaza: taos.org/what-to-do/taos-plaza
▪︎ White water rafting: 
newmexicoriveradventures.com/whitewater-rafting-taos

ESPAÑOLA VALLEY
▪︎ Dixon / studio tour: onlyinyourstate.com/new-mexico/dixon-day-trip
▪︎ La Chiripada Winery: lachiripada.com
▪︎ Los Luceros: nmhistoricsites.org/los-luceros
▪︎ High Road to Taos: newmexico.org/high-road-to-taos
▪︎ Chimayo: a-day-trip-to-chimayo.org
▪︎ Santa Clara Pueblo/Puye Cliffs: newmexico.org/santa-clara-pueblo
▪︎ Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo: newmexico.org/ohkay-owingeh-pueblo
▪︎ Chimayo weavers: chimayoweavers.com
▪︎ Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center: 
nmfiberartscenter.org

LOS ALAMOS
▪︎ Bandelier National Monument: nps.gov/band
▪︎ Bradbury Science Museum: lanl.gov/museum
▪︎ Los Alamos History Museum: losalamoshistory.org
▪︎ Manhattan Project National Historic Park: nps.gov/mapr

SANTA FE NORTH
▪︎ Shidoni Foundry/Sculpture Garden: 
shidoni.com
▪︎ Santa Fe Opera: santafeopera.org
▪︎ Tesuque Village Market: tesuquevillagemarket.com
▪︎ Buffalo Thunder Resort: buffalothunder.com
▪︎ Nambe Falls: 
nambepueblo.org/nambe-falls-lake
▪︎ Nambe Trading Post: nambetradingpost.com