Old West New Mexico
The ranches, ghost towns, and frontier sets where Hollywood has filmed Westerns for a century. A full-day road trip from Santa Fe.
The hotel on the plaza
3:10 to Yuma · 2007
La Fonda on the Plaza
Start at the Plaza — La Fonda stood in for frontier hotels in 3:10 to Yuma.
- 20 min drive
Tunstall ranch exterior
Young Guns · 1988
El Rancho de las Golondrinas
A working 18th-century ranch — Young Guns, All the Pretty Horses, and The Staircase all filmed here.
- 25 min drive
The town of Santiago
Vampires · 1998
Cerrillos
The entire town doubled as frontier settlements in Vampires and Young Guns.
- 8 min drive
The mining town (Wild Hogs)
Wild Hogs · 2007
Madrid
A former mining town turned arts village — Wild Hogs and Convoy both filmed on the main drag.
- 35 min drive
Train hostage-exchange scene
Appaloosa · 2008
Legal Tender Saloon & Eating House, Lamy Depot
The saloon at the Lamy railroad depot — Appaloosa's main street scenes.
- 1 h 15 min drive
The ranch country (The village of Abiquiu)
3:10 to Yuma · 2007
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu
The red cliffs that appear in 3:10 to Yuma, Silverado, Hostiles, and a dozen more.
