Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico | |
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Historic Antonio Simoni store, Cerrillos | |
Location of Los Cerrillos, New Mexico | |
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 35°25′45″N 106°07′36″W / 35.42917°N 106.12667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Santa Fe |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.37 sq mi (8.72 km2) |
| • Land | 3.37 sq mi (8.72 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,758 ft (1,755 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 258 |
| • Density | 77/sq mi (29.6/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 87010 |
| Area code | 505 |
| FIPS code | 35-42600 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2408135 |
Los Cerrillos ("the hills") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States. It is part of the Santa Fe, New Mexico Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Los Cerrillos had a population of 258. Cerrillos is accessible from State Highway 14 which is known as The Turquoise Trail south of Santa Fe due to local deposits; the road, known as Cerrillos Road in the Santa Fe city limits, continues southerly to Albuquerque.
There are several shops and galleries, a post office, and the Cerrillos Hills State Park, which has five miles of hiking trails. The Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum contains hundreds of artifacts from the American Old West and the Cerrillos Mining District. It also displays cardboard cutouts of characters from the film Young Guns and information on other movies which have been filmed in and around Cerrillos.