WayfarrowLa Belle
Ghost town · Taos County, New Mexico
La Belle is a ghost town in Taos County, New Mexico. It is one of 5 former communities in Taos County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 31 New Mexico counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists La Belle as a historical populated place on the Comanche Point topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.7628° N, 105.3006° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Comanche Point |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 9,596 ft |
| Nearest living town | Red River, NM |
| Distance to it | 7.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 901692 |
| Coordinates | 36.76281, -105.30056 |
What's there now
La Belle is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Red River, NM (population 456), about 7.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 9,596 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Anchorghost town · Taos County · 2.2 mi
- Midnightghost town · Taos County · 2.9 mi
- Morenoghost town · Colfax County · 7.6 mi
- Hematiteghost town · Colfax County · 8.2 mi
- Deep Tunnelghost town · Colfax County · 10.1 mi
- Perryvilleghost town · Colfax County · 16.2 mi
- Loboghost town · Taos County · 20.6 mi
- Tercioghost town · Las Animas County · 26.1 mi
- Eastdaleghost town · Costilla County · 26.7 mi
- Lorettaghost town · Colfax County · 28.9 mi
- Dawsonghost town · Colfax County · 29.9 mi
- Halls Peakghost town · Mora County · 38.8 mi
Questions
Where is La Belle?
La Belle is in Taos County, New Mexico, at 36.7628, -105.3006.
How many ghost towns are in Taos County?
Taos County, New Mexico has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
- Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.