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Taos Mountains Adobe buildings of Taos Pueblo in New Mexico with a rounded adobe baking oven in the foreground and two people sitting on a rooftop ladder. Mountains are visible in the background. Wheeler Peak
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Taos Mountains Taos Mountains in the Sangre de Cristo range, Taos county, New Mexico.

Taos

county, New Mexico, United States
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Taos, county, a scenic region in northern New Mexico, U.S., bordered on the north by Colorado. It lies in the Southern Rocky Mountains. The Sangre de Cristo range in the eastern portion of the county features high, aspen-covered mountainsides; much of it is more than 10,000 feet (3,000 metres) above sea level, culminating in Mount Wheeler (13,161 feet [4,011 metres]), the highest point in New Mexico. Western Taos county is a plateau region with isolated...

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