Pendaries is an easy drive away from the Southwest's legendary cities of Las Vegas, Taos, and Santa Fe. A full-day circle tour of these exciting cities via a route across meadows, grasslands, mountains, forests, fruit orchards, and green valleys begins and ends at Pendaries. Numerous mountain hiking trails are nearby.
Las Vegas, just a half-hour away, was the last major stop on the Old Santa Fe Trail.
- Over 900 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places
- Historic Old Town, Plaza Hotel
- Montezuma Castle United World College
- Roughriders Museum
- Las Vegas, NM
- San Miguel County, NM
- Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation
Taos, a scenic one and a half hours away, was the home of American frontier scout, Kit Carson.
- Kit Carson museum
- Taos Indian Pueblo
- Taos Gorge of the Rio Grande, river rafting
- Art galleries and museums
- Taos Webb
- Taos County Historical Society
Santa Fe, an hour and a half away down the Old Santa Fe Trail is the "Ancient City."
- Opera
- Horse Racing
- Museums, galleries, boutiques, Indian art
- Santa Fe Org
- Santa Fe Information
- Insiders Guide to Santa Fe