The best walks and hikes in San Miguel County

Set in a quiet alpine basin surrounded by spruce and fir, Stewart Lake is one of the easiest high-country lakes to reach in the Pecos Wilderness. Clear waters and quiet campsites make it a favorite spot for those seeking an easy overnight in the high country without the strenuous climb many nearby lakes require.

Pecos Falls is a force of nature, a breathtaking view. The effort of the climb is richly compensated.

From the 3,197 meters of altitude of the Hamilton Mesa, you can see the Truchas Peaks on the horizon. A very beautiful landscape!

The trail leading to Hermit Peak is rather steep and passes first through forested, then rocky areas. Unfortunately as a result of extensive fires the forest has been partly destroyed by flames and even the trail is sometimes lost, but with the help of komoot the peak is easy to reach.

From Hermit Peak there is a spectacular view of the entire Las Vegas valley. A destination suitable for experienced and trained hikers.

Subterranean religious ceremony room, Pecos had 20

Pecos Pueblo, the mission ruins and the Visitors Center are the National Historical Park's main unit, located in western San Miguel County, about 17 miles (27 km) east of Santa Fe and just south of Pecos. Also known historically as Cicuye, the first Pecos pueblo was one of two dozen rock-and-mud villages built in the valley around AD 1100 in the prehistoric Pueblo II Era. Within 350 years the Pueblo IV Era Pecos village had grown to house more than 2,000 people in its five-storied complex. The main unit also protects the remains of Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula de los Pecos, a Spanish mission near the pueblo built in the early 17th century. A 1.25-mile (2 km) self-guiding trail begins at the visitor center and winds through the ruins of Pecos Pueblo and the mission church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecos_National_Historical_Park

The Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula ("Mission of Our Lady of the Angels of Porciúncula") was a mission that served the people of the Pecos Pueblo, near modern Pecos, New Mexico, from sometime around 1619. The first church at the Pecos Pueblo was probably built by the Franciscan Fray Pedro Zambrano Ortiz by 1619, an isolated building on a narrow ridge about 440 yards (400 m) northeast of the pueblo's main quadrangle. The people of the pueblo would not allow construction of a church closer to their dwellings. In 1625, a more permanent church was constructed outside the walls of the pueblo of Pecos, New Mexico. The church building was destroyed in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, wherein the Spanish were ejected from New Mexico. After the Spanish reconquest in 1693, a smaller church was built in 1717. The walls of this later church still stand on top of the earlier church's stone foundation. The ruins are located some 20 miles east of Santa Fe, New Mexico, off I-25 in Pecos National Historic Park. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecos_National_Historical_Park