Onate Monument and Visitors Center

Promotes history, knowledge of El Camino Real and first official Spanish settlement in July 1598. Promotes Hispanic, Pueblo heritage of Espanola Valley and Rio Arriba County. Larger-than-life bronze stature of Juan de Onate on horseback by renowned sculptor Sonny Rivera.

Getting There & Details

Hours
Open Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm
Address
In Alcade, 7 miles north on NM-68
Phone
505-852-4639
Map
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