Retreat and education center located close to the village of Abiquiú, was the home and studio of Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as the subject of many of her paintings
General Information
Hours:
Daily: Generally 8:00am to 4:30pm (hours may vary seasonally)
Some facilities and museums may have separate hours or closures
Some facilities and museums may have separate hours or closures
Fees:
General day-use fee: Approximately $10 per adult
Some tours, workshops, and lodging have additional fees
Some tours, workshops, and lodging have additional fees
Pet Policy:
Pets are allowed in outdoor areas and on trails when leashed; restrictions apply in lodging and indoor facilities
Closest cities with hotels:
Abiquiú (10 mi) / Española (45 mi) / Santa Fe (65 mi)
Seasons:
All year; spring and fall are best for hiking and mild weather, summer is hot, winter is quieter with cooler temperatures
Location:
Website:
How to Get There
From Santa Fe (65 mi): Take US-285 N toward Española, merge onto US-84 N, and continue about 65 miles to Ghost Ranch located along Highway 84 between mile markers 224 and 225.
Overview
Ghost Ranch is a 21,000-acre retreat and education center near Abiquiú in north-central New Mexico, set among red and yellow cliffs that Georgia O'Keeffe made famous in her paintings. She lived and painted here from 1934, and the landscape appears in many of her works. It is also known for a rich fossil site, notably the dinosaur Coelophysis, of which hundreds of skeletons were found in a quarry here.
Highlights
- Hiking: Chimney Rock and Kitchen Mesa trails, with views of the Pedernal
- Museums: the Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology and the Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology, free to visit
- Tours: guided landscape tours of O'Keeffe sites, horseback rides, and workshops
- History: a Spanish land grant of 1766 (Piedra Lumbre, "Shining Rock"), then cattle rustlers' hideout, a dude ranch (won in a poker game in 1928), and a Presbyterian center since 1955
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ghost Ranch", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
