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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Everything Santa Fe is known for

RoadyGoat plays music like this when you drive through Santa Fe. It's free on iPhone, and full songs play through Apple Music.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, known as "The City Different" and recognized for its rich artistic culture and history, also has a notable musical presence. The city, the oldest state capital in the United States, has been home to 26 artists and is mentioned in 85 songs.

Artists like Ottmar Liebert, known for his Latin music, and indie artist Zach Condon of Beirut, call Santa Fe home. The city's name echoes in songs such as "Bells in Santa Fe" by Halsey and "Santa Fe" by Zach Bryan.

Music in Santa Fe

Songs About Santa Fe

Santa Fe / Beautiful Obsession - Remastered
Van Morrison
100%
"To Santa Fe? Do you need it?"
The Worst Thing
Silverada
97%
"The El Dorado in south Santa Fe"
Come Back to Old Santa Fe
The Hearne Family
85%
"TITLE"
Santa Fe
Adam Pascal
83%
"Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe"
Santa Fe Blues
James Talley
82%
"Santa Fe Blues"
Gone To Santa Fe
David Wilcox
81%
"I'm going to Santa Fe"
81%
Leaving Tonight for Santa Fe
Dustin Kensrue
81%
"Leaving Tonight for Santa Fe"
Santa Fe Rose
Sun Valley Station
81%
"Santa Fe Rose"
Banned from Santa Fe
Bri Bagwell
80%
"I'm banned from Santa Fe"
Bells in Santa Fe
Halsey
80%
"Bells in Santa Fe"
Love Letter from Santa Fe
Chris Kasper
80%
"Love Letter from Santa Fe"
"Streets of Santa Fe"
Santa Fe
Rodrigo Haddad
80%
"Santa Fe"
Santa Fe
Bo Staloch
79%
"Forty miles south of Santa Fe"
Santa Fe
Jon Bon Jovi
79%
"Heading back to Santa Fe"
Santa Fe
Zach Bryan
79%
"With some sky out by Santa Fe, New Mexico"
Santa Fe
Jeremy Jordan
77%
"Welcome home to Santa Fe!"
Santa Fe Thief
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
77%
"Santa Fe Thief"
77%
"Santa Fe Santa Fe I have been here in your arms and now I want to stay"

Showing top 20 of 125 songs · Hear more in the free iPhone app

Rivers & Roads in Song near Santa Fe

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Santa Fe.

History of Santa Fe

The Shed RoadyGoat

The Shed has been tucked in a courtyard off Palace Avenue in Santa Fe since 1953, serving red and green chile in an adobe building that dates to 1692. The Carswell family has run it for three generations. The blue corn enchiladas smothered in red chile with a fried egg on top is the move. When you can't decide between red and green, say 'Christmas' — you get both.

Palace of the Governors

1610

The oldest continuously used public building in the United States, built in 1610 as the seat of Spanish colonial government in Santa Fe.

San Miguel Chapel

1610

Considered the oldest church structure in the continental United States, originally built around 1610 by Tlaxcalan laborers for Spanish settlers in Santa Fe.

Meow Wolf - House of Eternal Return

2016

An immersive art installation in Santa Fe housed in a former bowling alley, where visitors walk through a Victorian house into 70 interconnected rooms of otherworldly environments.

Bandelier National Monument

1150

Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and cave homes carved into the volcanic tuff of Frijoles Canyon in the Jemez Mountains.

19.7 mi away

Things to Do in Santa Fe

Everything Near Santa Fe

22 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Palace of the Governors · Historical Marker

    The oldest continuously used public building in the United States, built in 1610 as the seat of Spanish colonial government in Santa Fe.

  • The Shed

    The Shed has been tucked in a courtyard off Palace Avenue in Santa Fe since 1953, serving red and green chile in an adobe building that dates to 1692. The Carswell family has run it for three generations. The blue corn…

  • Loretto Chapel · 0.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Get ready to crane your neck at a real head-scratcher: the Loretto Chapel's Miraculous Staircase! This place holds a mystery that's baffled architects and visitors for over a century. In 1878, the Sisters of Loretto…

  • Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (Santa Fe) · 0.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Prepare to be transported back to a pivotal moment in Santa Fe's history, marked by the construction of this cathedral. Construction on the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi began in 1869, initiated by…

  • San Miguel Mission · 0.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    You're approaching what many call the oldest church in the US! San Miguel Chapel has stood here, in some form, for over 400 years. Construction on the original church likely began around 1610, commissioned by Spanish…

  • San Miguel Chapel · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    Considered the oldest church structure in the continental United States, originally built around 1610 by Tlaxcalan laborers for Spanish settlers in Santa Fe.

  • Barrio de Analco Historic District · 0.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Imagine living in the oldest neighborhood in the United States. This is the Barrio de Analco, dating all the way back to the early 1600s! Built by the Spanish, and later inhabited by Indigenous people, this area was one…

  • Bataan Memorial Building · 0.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over, because you're about to walk the very halls where New Mexico's future was forged, and where the memory of ultimate sacrifice lives on. This isn't just a government building; it's a testament to statehood and…

  • Santuario de Guadalupe · 0.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Before you stands more than just a church; it's a testament to faith and history, the oldest church in the United States dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe. Built in Santa Fe, it has been a spiritual anchor for…

  • Meow Wolf · 2.1 mi · Things to Do

    A mind-bending immersive art experience inside a Victorian house. Nothing prepares you.

  • Meow Wolf - House of Eternal Return · 2.6 mi · Historical Marker

    An immersive art installation in Santa Fe housed in a former bowling alley, where visitors walk through a Victorian house into 70 interconnected rooms of otherworldly environments.

  • Wild Hogs Movie Set · 8.5 mi · Things to Do

    The 2007 film built a diner set donated to the town. The movie grossed 253 million.

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  • Town For Sale (250K) · 12.0 mi · Things to Do

    When the mines closed the entire company town was listed for 250000 dollars. Nobody bought it.

  • Mine Shaft Tavern · 12.0 mi · Things to Do

    Last building the coal company built (1947). Home to a 40-foot standalone bar.

  • Glorieta Pass Battlefield · 12.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Right here, in 1862, a pivotal Civil War battle decided the fate of the Southwest. Confederate forces aimed to seize the Santa Fe Trail and cut off vital Union supply lines. They clashed with Union troops in a series of…

  • El Rancho de las Golondrinas · 12.4 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Experience life on the historic Camino Real at El Rancho de las Golondrinas, a vital stop on the Royal Road. For centuries, this area was a paraje, an official rest stop for travelers along the Camino Real, which…

  • Nambé Pueblo, New Mexico · 13.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over for a moment and imagine: this land beneath your tires has been home to the Nambé people for over 600 years. This Pueblo was a major hub when the Spanish arrived in the early 1600s, a center of culture, trade,…

  • Pecos National Historical Park · 17.1 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    You're driving through history right now! This isn't just another pretty New Mexico landscape; it's the site of Pecos Pueblo, a once-thriving Native American community, and Glorieta Pass, where a crucial Civil War…

  • Otowi Suspension Bridge · 17.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Brave the wooden planks of this single-lane suspension bridge, a relic of 1920s engineering. The Otowi Suspension Bridge was built in 1924, stretching across the Rio Grande near San Ildefonso. It was a vital link,…

  • San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico · 17.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over here for a glimpse into a vibrant past and present at San Ildefonso Pueblo, a place where tradition thrives. For over 700 years, the Tewa people have called this area home. The Pueblo is one of the eight…

  • Tsankawi Pueblo Ruins · 18.3 mi · Things to Do

    Unexcavated 350-room village with trails worn into bedrock by centuries of foot traffic.

  • Bandelier National Monument · 19.7 mi · Historical Marker

    Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and cave homes carved into the volcanic tuff of Frijoles Canyon in the Jemez Mountains.

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