Pecos Wilderness a protected wilderness area within the Santa Fe National Forest and Carson National Forest. The high altitude of the Pecos provides a cool change from the lower deserts and brushlands. The Pecos Wilderness is made up of deep and narrow canyons, long and broad mesa tops, heavily forested slopes, and rugged ridges with peaks above timberline characterize the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of the Pecos Wilderness. This small mountain chain occupies the extreme southern extent of the Rocky Mountains.

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Ghost Ranch: One of two homes of Georgia O'Keeffe in northern New Mexico. Also, served as her studio and the subject of many of her paintings. Now a retreat and education center located near the village of Abiquiú in north-central NM. comprised of 21,000 acres

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Plaza Blanca: Located in Abiquiú NM white sandstone cliffs made famous by a series of paintings by Georgia O'Keefe, also served as the backdrop of many movies.

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The O'Keeffe Welcome Center:  A historic house museum in Abiquiú, New Mexico. From 1943 until her death, it was the principal residence and studio of artist Georgia O'Keeffe. It is now part of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, which has sites in Santa Fe and Abiquiú.

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Abiquiu Lake: A reservoir where water of the Rio Chama is impounded by the earth-filled Abiquiu Dam, 1,800 feet long and 340 feet high, completed in 1963 and raised in 1986.

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Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: The second-highest bridge on the U.S. Highway System and fifth highest in the US. 650 feet (200 m) above the Rio Grande, span is 1,280 feet; two 300-foot-long approach spans; 600-foot-long main center span.