Taos State Veteran’s Cemetery, Llano Quemado: Built by Taos County, Given to the State in 2025

The Taos State Veteran’s Cemetery, 65 Arroyo Del Alamo Circle in Llano Quemado (Rancho de Taos), was developed by Taos County for $8,000,000 on 38.577 acres and donated to the State by resolutions of March and May 2025; the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services now runs it, taking burial applications through the cemetery staff.

Also called: veterans cemetery, state veterans cemetery, Taos State Veteran’s Cemetery, 65 Arroyo Del Alamo Circle, Llano Quemado, Rancho de Taos, Resolution 2025-13, Resolution 2025-31, burial application, Taos, Ranchos de Taos, Llano Quemado, Talpa, El Prado, Arroyo Seco, Arroyo Hondo, Questa, Red River, Taos Ski Valley, Peñasco, Tres Piedras, Costilla.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.

Where it applies

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Taos County, NMCounty

The county's resolutions. Resolution No. 2025-13 (March 4, 2025): "Taos County has completed an Eight-Million-dollar ($8,000,000) development of the Taos County Veterans Cemetery facility situated on 38.577 acres located at 65 Arroyo Del Alamo Circle, Llano Quemado in Taos County", and the Board approved its donation to the State "to be operated as a Veteran's Cemetery, contingent on receiving operational funding". Resolution No. 2025-31 (May 20, 2025) approved the transfer of title "for no consideration to allow the New Mexico Department of Veteran Services to operate the property and facilities as a Veterans' Cemetery", subject to the State Board of Finance, and directed the County Manager to complete it. The cemetery now. The Department's Taos State Veteran's Cemetery page lists its staff at 65 Arroyo Del Alamo Circle, Rancho De Taos 87557, and says the burial application "can be submitted to the cemetery contacts above". Who may be buried there and the costs are the State's (the New Mexico entry nm-state-veterans-cemeteries).

Thresholds

Thresholds for Taos State Veteran’s Cemetery, Llano Quemado: Built by Taos County, Given to the State in 2025
Gate	Rule
Veterans and eligible family	Burial eligibility is the State cemetery programme’s; no rating is needed.

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Last updated 2026-11-06.

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