Planning Your Trip to Santa Fe County
From Santa Fe County you can reach 11 fall color locations and 0 scenic byways in New Mexico, for day trips that range from a one-hour hike to a full-day drive.
When to Visit
Across the destinations we track around Santa Fe County, peak colour has historically landed in Early October, measured from NASA MODIS satellite records at those spots.
Highlights around Santa Fe County
How we know when Santa Fe County peaks
Each date above is a multi-year climatology built from NASA satellite observations at that specific spot, with the definition of peak calibrated against ground cameras — not a regional average wearing a local name. Where a location has no usable observations of its own, we withhold the date and point you somewhere nearby that does.