Welcome to El Prado ...

El Prado is located in north central New Mexico.

El Prado is located in Taos County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of El Prado, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1936.

El Prado is 7,000 feet [2,134 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of El Prado is about 1¼ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: El Prado lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for El Prado: 575

The ZIP code for El Prado: 87529<3>

Communities Also Named El Prado ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named El Prado - it's located in California.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for El Prado.

Communities near El Prado ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near El Prado.

• Questa
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Questa have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Questa
  • Questa is located in Taos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,741 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Questa <5>
• Angel Fire
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angel Fire
  • Angel Fire is located in Colfax County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,070 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Angel Fire <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Angel Fire
  • From El Prado to Angel Fire
• Eagle Nest
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Eagle Nest have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Nest
  • Eagle Nest is located in Colfax County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Nest <5>
• Taos Ski Valley
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Taos Ski Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taos Ski Valley
  • Taos Ski Valley is located in Taos County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 76 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Taos Ski Valley <5>
• Arroyo Seco
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Seco
  • Arroyo Seco is located in Taos County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arroyo Seco <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Arroyo Seco
  • From El Prado to Arroyo Seco
• Ranchos de Taos
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranchos de Taos
  • Ranchos de Taos is located in Taos County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranchos de Taos <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ranchos de Taos
  • From El Prado to Ranchos de Taos
• Talpa
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Talpa
  • Talpa is located in Taos County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Talpa
  • From El Prado to Talpa
• Shady Brook
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Brook
  • Shady Brook is located in Taos County
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Shady Brook
  • From El Prado to Shady Brook
• Valdez
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valdez
  • Valdez is located in Taos County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valdez <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Valdez
  • From El Prado to Valdez
• Arroyo Hondo
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arroyo Hondo
  • Arroyo Hondo is located in Taos County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arroyo Hondo <5>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Arroyo Hondo
  • From El Prado to Arroyo Hondo

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around El Prado. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for El Prado.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of El Prado. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around El Prado.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around El Prado. See our Newspapers Page for El Prado.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for El Prado ...

Looking for more information about El Prado? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for El Prado, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for El Prado.

Adding El Prado to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of El Prado in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for El Prado was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the El Prado post office opened in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for El Prado.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for El Prado. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of New Mexico: https://www.nm.gov/