Chase Ranch

Chase Ranch: 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 sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Chase Ranch

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

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 Chase Ranch — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.58863, -104.93354. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Chase Ranch

• St. James Hotel · fort · Colfax · ~12 km · Must-see
• Philmont Scout Ranch · sanctuary · Colfax · ~18 km · Must-see
• National Scouting Museum · museum · Colfax · ~19 km · Must-see
• Tooth of Time · viewpoint · Colfax · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mount Phillips · viewpoint · Colfax · ~30 km · Must-see
• Rayado · attraction · Colfax · ~31 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Museum · museum · Colfax · ~31 km · Must-see
• Baldy Mountain · viewpoint · Colfax · ~32 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Mesa · viewpoint · Colfax · ~34 km · Must-see
• Little Costilla Peak · viewpoint · Colfax · ~47 km · Must-see
• Bobcat Pass · viewpoint · Taos · ~49 km · Must-see
• Palo Flechado Pass Historical Marker · park · Taos · ~51 km · Must-see
• Blue Lake · lake · Taos · ~52 km · Must-see
• Mount Walter · viewpoint · Taos · ~54 km · Must-see
• Wheeler Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~54 km · Must-see
• Williams Lake · lake · Taos · ~56 km · Must-see
• Black Lakes · lake · Colfax · ~57 km · Must-see
• Lake Fork Peak · lake · Taos · ~57 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Chase Ranch

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Chase Ranch

• Philmont Scout Ranch · sanctuary · Colfax · ~18 km · Must-see
• Columbine-Hondo Wilderness · sanctuary · Taos · ~63 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Memorial State Park · sanctuary · Taos · ~75 km · Must-see
• Fishers Peak State Park · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~81 km · Must-see
• Raton Mesa · sanctuary · Las Animas · ~86 km · Must-see
• Rio Grande Gorge Bridge · sanctuary · Taos · ~91 km · Must-see
• Cerro del Yuta Wilderness · sanctuary · Taos · ~96 km · Must-see
• Rio Grande del Norte National Monument · sanctuary · Taos · ~106 km · Must-see
• Capulin Volcano National Monument · sanctuary · Union · ~110 km · Must-see
• Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa · sanctuary · Taos · ~130 km · Must-see

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