Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.
Las Trampas is a Spanish colonial plaza village on NM 76 in the Sangre de Cristo foothills, founded in the mid-eighteenth century. San José de Gracia church, adobe from the 1760s, anchors the plaza. The National Historic Landmark district protects the church and surrounding historic buildings. Along the High Road tourist route, the church exterior and village layout remain the primary public experience.
Cultural sites and artifacts are protected by federal law (ARPA/NHPA) — stay on established routes, touch and remove nothing, and follow the managing agency's and the affiliated tribe's guidance on access.