Rio Grande del Norte National Monument · NM

Rio Grande del Norte National Monument is a national monument in New Mexico, managed by the Bureau of Land Management.About Rio Grande del Norte National MonumentShaped by millennia of geologic forces and human passage and presence, the Río Grande del Norte National Monument protects a stark and sweeping high-desert landscape where the Río Grande plunges through an 800‑foot gorge at the edge of the Taos Plateau. From the sagebrush plains at roughly 7,000 feet, extinct volcanic cones, Cerro de la Olla, Cerro San Antonio, and Cerro del Yuta, rise above canyons, wild rivers, and native grasslands that harbor vital wildlife habitat and unique scientific resources. Together, these features form an extraordinary mosaic of extreme beauty and daunting harshness, offering rare opportunities to understand the forces that shaped northern New Mexico’s diverse ecological systems and enduring human cultures. The Monument stretches from the border of Colorado to thThings to do at Rio Grande del Norte National Monument