Cerrillos, New Mexico (Best village in New Mexico)

 

Accessible from State Highway 14 or The Turquoise Trail, Cerrillos is on the scenic road from Santa Fe to Albuquerque, closer to Santa Fe. There are several shops and galleries, a Post Office, Health Center, premier riding stable called Broken Saddle and the Cerrillos Hills State Park with 5 miles of hiking trails. The Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum contains hundreds of artifacts from the American Old West and the Cerrillos Mining District. It also has cardboard cutouts of characters from the film Young Guns and information on other movies which were filmed in and around Cerrillos. Santa Fe Botanical Garden offers docent led hikes & tours in the Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve south of town.