Angel Fire, New Mexico Angel Fire, New Mexico Village of Angel Fire Village of Angel Fire Location of Angel Fire, New Mexico Location of Angel Fire, New Mexico Angel Fire, New Mexico is positioned in the US Angel Fire, New Mexico - Angel Fire, New Mexico Angel Fire is a village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
Angel Fire and close-by communities experience cold winter temperatures and mild temperatures in the summer.
6 Legend behind the name Angel Fire Angel Fire is positioned in southwestern Colfax County at 36 22 44 N 105 17 8 W (36.378808, -105.285658). The village center is in the valley of Cieneguilla Creek, with housing developments climbing mountain slopes to the east and west.
Angel Fire Ski Resort, entirely inside the village limits, is on the east side of the valley, with a base altitude of 8,600 feet (2,600 m) and a summit altitude of 10,677 feet (3,254 m).
New Mexico State Road 434 joins the center of Angel Fire with US 64 to the north and leads south 34 miles (55 km) from the village center to Mora.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village of Angel Fire has a total region of 29.0 square miles (75.0 km2), of which 28.9 square miles (74.9 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.14%, is water. The Angel Fire Fire Department is staffed daily from 7:30 - AM to 6:00 - PM, though those who are on staff are on call 24/7.
There are three stations, Station One on North Angel Fire Road and Highway 434, Station Two on Highway 434 and El Vado Way, and Station Three on Highway 434 and Flamingo Road.
Angel Fire is served by the Angel Fire Airport (AXX).
By elevation, Angel Fire Airport is the fifth highest in the United States. The airport briefly saw scheduled airline service in 1987 by Mesa Airlines with a single flight to Albuquerque using a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900 airplane . Every summer, the Village of Angel Fire hosts Music from Angel Fire, which has been presenting chamber music concerts to small-town communities since 1984.
Angel Fire venues include the United Church of Angel Fire and Angel Fire Community Center.
It has been said that Angel Fire is "named for the fiery afternoon light splashed on alpine peaks".
When Franciscan friars were trying to spread their influence, Agua Fria's "fire of the gods" became known as "the place of the fire of the angels".
Kit Carson said that he too had seen the angel fire at dawn and at dusk, especially in the fall and winter months.
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Angel Fire Airport, Angel Fire, New Mexico Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Angel Fire.
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