Regional sacred-site guide
Sacred sites in New Mexico
Explore 15 sacred places in New Mexico, United States, with a regional map and links to detailed site guides.
Traditions in New Mexico
Site types in New Mexico
Showing 1-15 of 15 sites in this regional guide
Bandelier National Monument
Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
In a volcanic canyon carved by centuries of water and wind, the Ancestral Puebloans built homes into the soft tuff cliffs, dug kivas into the earth, and left petroglyphs...
Blue Lake, New Mexico
Taos County, New Mexico, United States
High in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, an alpine lake sits at 11,300 feet, closed to all but the people who emerged from its waters....
Capitan Mountains, New Mexico
Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States
The Capitan Mountains rise from the desert of south-central New Mexico in an unusual east-west ridge, climbing from Chihuahuan sagebrush to spruce-fir forest across 4,500...
Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
San Juan County, New Mexico, United States
In the high desert of New Mexico, the ruins of Chaco Canyon stand as testimony to a civilization that achieved extraordinary things....
Monastery of Christ in the Desert
Abiquiu, New Mexico, United States
Monastery of Christ in the Desert in Abiquiu, New Mexico, belongs within Christian monastic tradition....
Mt. Taylor, New Mexico
Cibola County, New Mexico, United States
Mount Taylor rises to 11,301 feet above the desert of western New Mexico, a dormant stratovolcano visible from vast distances....
Petroglyphs National Monument
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Along a 17-mile basalt escarpment on Albuquerque's western edge, approximately 24,000 petroglyphs line volcanic rock born of eruptions that brought the Earth's interior to...
San Miguel Chapel
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, belongs within Roman Catholic Christianity....
Sanctuary of Chimayo, New Mexico
Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
El Santuario de Chimayo is the most important Catholic pilgrimage site in the United States, drawing up to 300,000 visitors annually and tens of thousands of walking...
Shiprock, New Mexico
Shiprock, New Mexico, United States
Rising nearly 1,600 feet above the New Mexico desert, Shiprock is not merely a geological wonder but a sacred presence at the heart of Navajo cosmology....
Taos Pueblo
Taos, New Mexico, United States
Taos Pueblo is not a museum, not a reconstruction, not a relic. It is a community....
Truchas Peak, New Mexico
Mora County, New Mexico, United States
Truchas Peak rises to 13,102 feet in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the second highest point in New Mexico....
Ute Mountain, New Mexico
Taos County, New Mexico, United States
Ute Mountain is a solitary volcanic cone rising nearly 2,500 feet above the sagebrush plains of northern New Mexico....
White Sands, New Mexico
Otero County, New Mexico, United States
White Sands rises as the largest gypsum dune field on Earth, 275 square miles of brilliant white undulation that visitors describe as stepping onto another planet....
Zuni Lake, New Mexico
Catron County, New Mexico, United States
Zuni Salt Lake is a volcanic maar in the high desert of western New Mexico, sixty miles south of Zuni Pueblo....
Key questions
New Mexico sacred-site questions
- How many sacred sites are listed in New Mexico?
- This regional guide currently includes 15 sacred sites in New Mexico, United States.
- Which traditions are represented in New Mexico?
- The most represented traditions in the current guide include Indigenous, Christian monastic tradition, Roman Catholic Christianity, Taoism.
- Can I view New Mexico sacred sites on a map?
- Yes. Switch to map view to compare the listed places, then open a site page for coordinates and visiting context.