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El Rito, New Mexico, USA
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Location: Rio Arriba, US Highway 84, on 554; 18 miles NW of Española, 15 miles NW of Ojo Caliente
Exact Location: El Rito, New Mexico, United States, in Rio Arriba County; location is 36°20'36"N 106°11'17"W
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Distance (from Ghost Ranch): Approximately 28 miles south of Ghost Ranch.
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Directions (from Ghost Ranch): Turn left at Ghost Ranch gate onto Hwy 84, drive 16 miles South to Rt 554. Make a left turn on Rt 554. Continue for 12 miles to town of El Rito.
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Description: The village of El Rito is an oasis in the beautiful, high desert country of northern New Mexico. El Rito is surrounded by mountains and borders the vast Carson National Forest. Because of the unique tricultural history of El Rito, the Northen New Mexico Community College El Rito Campus offers a number of innovative programs that showcase the rich cultural resources found only in this part of New Mexico.
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El Rito Artists:
 Barbara Campbell, Pottery
EK Studio, Painting, tin, sculpture, printmaking, weaving
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Related Online Stories & Sources:
Carson National Forest Service – El Rito Ranger District
Climbers' Guide to the El Rito Cliffs
El Rito Public Library
Las Clinicas del Norte, Inc. (LCDN)
Northern New Mexico Community College - El Rito Campus El Rito, NM
Santos (painted and carved images of saints)
José Inés Herrera worked in El Rito from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. He is called the El Rito Santero or the Death Cart Santero because of his large and threatening images, one of which is in the Denver Art Museum. Santero Nicholas Herrera, his great-nephew, continues this tradition in El Rito today.
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Maps
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New Mexico Area map
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Name: (El Rito) “This old Hispanic community, now home to may artists, originally was named El Rito Colorado, the red creek, taking its name from the creek that passes through the village. Tewas call the El Rito region pink below place, for the El Rito Mountains, know to them as the pink mountains.’’
The Place Names of New Mexico, Robert Julyan, © 1996, 1998 by the University of New Mexico Press
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