Baca Canyon

Baca Canyon: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Baca Canyon

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Baca Canyon — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.37947, -105.37557. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Baca Canyon

• Palo Flechado Pass Historical Marker · park · Taos · ~7 km · Must-see
• Black Lakes · lake · Colfax · ~19 km · Must-see
• Pueblo Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~20 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Memorial State Park · sanctuary · Taos · ~22 km · Must-see
• Blue Lake · lake · Taos · ~22 km · Must-see
• Vallecito Mountain · viewpoint · Taos · ~24 km · Must-see
• Lake Fork Peak · lake · Taos · ~25 km · Must-see
• Wheeler Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~25 km · Must-see
• Williams Lake · lake · Taos · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mount Walter · viewpoint · Taos · ~26 km · Must-see
• Millicent Rogers Museum · museum · Taos · ~26 km · Must-see
• San Francisco De Asissi Church · church · Taos · ~26 km · Must-see
• Cantonment Burgwin-1852-1860 Historical Marker · park · Taos · ~27 km · Must-see
• Mount Phillips · viewpoint · Colfax · ~28 km · Must-see
• El Rito Presbyterian Church · church · Mora · ~33 km · Must-see
• Columbine-Hondo Wilderness · sanctuary · Taos · ~36 km · Must-see
• Gold Hill · viewpoint · Taos · ~38 km · Must-see
• Philmont Scout Ranch · sanctuary · Colfax · ~39 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Baca Canyon

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Baca Canyon

• Pueblo Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~20 km · Must-see
• Vallecito Mountain · viewpoint · Taos · ~24 km · Must-see
• Wheeler Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~25 km · Must-see
• Mount Walter · viewpoint · Taos · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mount Phillips · viewpoint · Colfax · ~28 km · Must-see
• Gold Hill · viewpoint · Taos · ~38 km · Must-see
• Baldy Mountain · viewpoint · Colfax · ~39 km · Must-see
• Tooth of Time · viewpoint · Colfax · ~42 km · Must-see
• Bobcat Pass · viewpoint · Taos · ~45 km · Must-see
• Ocate Peak · viewpoint · Mora · ~48 km · Must-see

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