Kit Carson Road in Taos New Mexico - tourist destination

Kit Carson Road

Entry to Kit Carson Road

Taos, New Mexico
is called the Heart of the Southwest
and Kit Carson Road
is the heart of Taos

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Following an ancient path, Kit Carson Road leads out from historic Taos Plaza. It follows a route through Taos Canyon up into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, leading into an alpine valley connecting with roads leading to Cimarron and Las Vegas. It has been used by the native Indians, Spanish colonist, mountain men and by Missouri smugglers avoiding the Spanish and Mexican customs officials.

Kit Carson Road is part of the scenic "Enchanted Circle" leading from Taos on to Eagle Nest, Red River, Questa and then back to Taos. The historic home of mountain man, trail blazer and army scout, Kit Carson is in the first block east of Taos Plaza. It is now a popular museum open to the public. Here on the "Road" you will also find world famous galleries, restaurants, hotels and gift shops.

Kit Carson Road

Kit Carson Rd

Kit Carson Museum - 113 Kit Carson Rd

Kit Carson House & Museum
113 Kit Carson Rd

Directory Lists Sites Numerically From Taos Plaza

Good Thunder Batiks

Artist Studio Gallery

Gary Fey
Good Thunder Batiks
105 Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-1750

Artist Gary Fey

Cowboy Antiques
Collectibles, & Western Furnishings

Horse Feathers
109 B Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571
Fax: (575) 758-1451

Horse Feathers

Taos Landscape Artist

Valerie Graves Gallery
Carson House Shop
117 E Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571

(575) 758-0113

Valerie Graves is a Master Painter of landscapes,
capturing the special light and essence of the Southwest.

Valerie Graves' Yellow Fields

Contemporary Taos Artists

Wilder Nightingale Fine Art
119-A Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-3255

Wilder Nightingale Gallery

Northern Pueblo and Taos Artists

Bryans Gallery
121 Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571
(800) 833-7631 - (575) 758-9407

Bryans Gallery

Parsons Gallery
Of The West
122-5 Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571

(575) 737-9200

Vintage Art of the West

Parsons Gallery

Casa Benavidas, Bed and Breakfast
137 Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571
Reservations: (800) 552-1772 (575) 758-1772

Casa Benavides was recently named Taos County's best lodging!

Casa Benavidas, on Kit Carson Rd

Timiothy O. Sutherland

P h o t o g r a p h y

Timiothy O. Sutherland Gallery
140 Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571
(575) 770-6761

Fine Art Photography & Giclee Printing

Timiothy O. Sutherland, Gallery, on Kit Carson Rd

Where Friends Send Friends

Inn on the Rio, Bed and Breakfast
910 Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571
(800) 737-7199 Reservations (575) 758-7199

Inn on the Rio, on Kit Carson Rd

Thom Wheeler paintings & sculpture

Thom Wheeler Studio Gallery
939 Kit Carson Rd - Taos, NM 87571
(575) 758-8870

Thom Wheeler Studio Gallery, on Kit Carson Rd

Taos Co. Historical Society
History of the Heart of the Southwest

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