Ghost Towns
In your travels across this beautiful wide-open country, stop at these ghost towns along the way for a glimpse into New Mexico's colorful past.
Colfax - Ruins of old buildings visible from highway. Nearby is Dawson Cemetery. Colfax County
Elizabethtown - Explore many original buildings and the cemetery of this 1868 gold town (see Museums & Historic Sites). Colfax County
Folsom - In its day, the largest stockyard north of Fort Worth; archeology site of the 'Folsom Man', a number of old buildings and museum. Union County
Montoya - On I-40 in the middle of cattle country. A number of buildings in ruins, boot hill cemetery. Guadalupe County
Rayado at Philmont Ranch - Est. 1848, stage & wagon stop. Museum, period docent tours. One of the largest ranches in the state - 215 square miles. Colfax County
Trementina - Many stone building ruins remain, cemetery dating back to the 1800's. San Miguel County
Vaughn - Est. 1880's as cattle drive stopover. Still populated; many old deserted buildings, train depot & cemetery. (Guadalupe County)
Other ghost town locations:
- Dawson - Colfax County
- Colmor - Colfax County
- Yankee - Colfax County
- Loma Parda - Mora County
- San Geronimo - San Miguel County
- Trujillo - San Miguel County
- Solano - Harding County
- Colonias - Guadalupe County
- Newkirk - Guadalupe County
- Cuervo - Guadalupe County
- Pintada - Guadalupe County
- Bard - Quay County
- Endee - Quay County
