Kiva

Kiva: 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 heritage site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Kiva

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

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 Kiva — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.20228, -105.70922. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Kiva

• Cantonment Burgwin-1852-1860 Historical Marker · park · Taos · ~18 km · Must-see
• San Francisco De Asissi Church · church · Taos · ~24 km · Must-see
• San Antonio de Padua del Quemado Chapel · church · Rio Arriba · ~32 km · Must-see
• Kit Carson Memorial State Park · sanctuary · Taos · ~33 km · Must-see
• Truchas Peak · viewpoint · Rio Arriba · ~34 km · Must-see
• Millicent Rogers Museum · museum · Taos · ~36 km · Must-see
• Rio Grande Gorge Bridge · sanctuary · Taos · ~38 km · Must-see
• El Rito Presbyterian Church · church · Mora · ~39 km · Must-see
• Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs Resort & Spa · sanctuary · Taos · ~41 km · Must-see
• Posi Pueblo · fort · Taos · ~41 km · Must-see
• Manby Hot Springs · attraction · Taos · ~43 km · Must-see
• Black Rock Hot Spring · attraction · Taos · ~46 km · Must-see
• Pueblo Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~47 km · Must-see
• KDCE-AM (Espanola) · attraction · Rio Arriba · ~49 km · Must-see
• Cleveland Roller Mill Museum · museum · Mora · ~50 km · Must-see
• Morphy Lake State Park · lake · Mora · ~50 km · Must-see
• Morphy Lake · lake · Mora · ~50 km · Must-see
• Black Lakes · lake · Colfax · ~51 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Kiva

Other forts & heritage near Kiva

• Posi Pueblo · fort · Taos · ~41 km · Must-see
• Jemez Mountains Historic Marker · fort · Santa Fe · ~62 km · Must-see
• Puye Cliff Dwellings · fort · Rio Arriba · ~66 km · Must-see
• Tsankawi Pueblo · fort · Santa Fe · ~74 km · Must-see
• Fort Marcy (ruins) · fort · Santa Fe · ~75 km · Must-see
• Palace of the Governors · fort · Santa Fe · ~76 km · Must-see
• Soldiers' Monument · fort · Santa Fe · ~76 km · Must-see
• Tsirege Pueblo Ruins · fort · Los Alamos · ~78 km · Must-see
• Santa Fe on the Camino Real · fort · Santa Fe · ~81 km · Must-see
• La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs · fort · Santa Fe · ~95 km · Must-see

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