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Ojo Caliente
Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, USA
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Location: Rio Arriba, Taos; US Highway 285, 26 miles north of Española
More on Location: Ojo Caliente is located in Taos County north of Santa Fe between Taos and Española along Highway 285 near the Rio Grande River.
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Distance (from Ghost Ranch): Approximately 50 miles southeast of Ghost Ranch.
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Directions (from Ghost Ranch): Turn left at Ghost Ranch gate onto Hwy 84, for about 27 miles until you see a sign for Route 285, turn left. Continue for about another 20 miles. The Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs sign is on left side.
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Description: The town of Ojo Caliente is noted for its healing mineral hot springs. The present-day resort offers a swimming pool, restaurant, hot mineral baths, massages, and both hotel and cottage style lodging.
The Rio Ojo Caliente flows south from La Madera through Ojo Calinete, paralleling US Highway 285, to join the Rio Chama north of Hernandez.
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Elevevation: Ojo Caliente is 6,292'
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Activities: B & B, R & R, hiking & hot springs!
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Related Online Stories & Sources:
 Ojo Caliente
Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs
The Inn & Mercantile at Ojo
Star Studio (Carolyn Barford: Artist)
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Name: (Ojo Caliente) “Spanish, 'hot spring,' and the present settlement is only the most recent to have been centered on the geothermal waters here; on the mesa above the village are the ruins of three ancient Tewa pueblos. The Tewas call the springs by a name that means 'emerald green,' because of the blue-green algae that grows in the hot water.”
The Place Names of New Mexico, Robert Julyan, © 1996, 1998 by the University of New Mexico Press
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