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Rio Grande from Taos Valley Overlook

Orilla Verde from Rift Valley Trail at Taos Valley Overlook

by John Hamilton Farr on June 12, 2012 · 2 comments

in Rio Grande

That’s the BLM Orilla Verde (“Green Bank”) Recreation Area site below on the Rio Grande. Cool, huh?

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david culbertson June 13, 2012 at 8:48 pm

omg i so gotta see that!

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John Hamilton Farr June 14, 2012 at 12:01 am

The entrance to the Taos Valley Overlook is really hard to spot. If you’re coming from the south, it’s about 5 miles south of Taos, but after you drive through the Horseshoe and up on top again. If the speed limit drops to 50 and you see Stakeout Dr. on your right, you’ve missed it and need to turn around. There’s no sign, really, just a tiny brown thing with a hiker icon on it.

The spot above is at the end of the Trader’s Trail. That one goes mostly straight to where I took the picture, about 1.9 miles, or 3.8 miles round-trip. Note that the scale shown on the map at the site is WAY off. :-)

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