Vermejo Park Ranch

Vermejo Park Ranch
Looking west towards Valle Vidal the Great Plains in the foreground, February 2011.
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LocationColfax / Taos counties, New Mexico and Las Animas / Costilla counties, Colorado, United States
Nearest cityRaton, New Mexico
Coordinates36°53′21″N 104°58′45″W / 36.88917°N 104.97917°W / 36.88917; -104.97917
OperatorTed Turner Reserves
Websitehttps://tedturnerreserves.com/vermejo/

Vermejo Park Ranch,[1] Vermejo Ranch, or Vermejo, is a 550,000-acre (220,000 ha) nature reserve and guest ranch in northeastern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Ted Turner Reserves, the luxury hospitality company founded by Ted Turner, includes conservation research and ecosystem restoration along with guest operations.[1] The reserve, which stretches from the Great Plains at an elevation of 5,867 ft (1,788 m) to the summit of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, reaches an elevation of 12,931 ft (3,941 m). The ranch produces significant quantities of coalbed methane, a type of natural gas.

  1. ^ a b "Vermejo Park Ranch". Turner Enterprises. Retrieved February 9, 2021.