Jemez Springs, New Mexico

Jemez Springs (pronounced HEH-mes) is a village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.

The village and nearby locations in the Jemez Valley are the site of hot springs and several religious retreats.

The village is sited on the Jemez River in the red rock San Diego Canyon.

[5]: 143  State Highway 4 passes through the settlement on the east bank of the Rio Grande tributary.

The Spaniards who visited the area beginning in 1540 reported multiple Native American pueblos (villages), in the valley.

The Franciscan mission church San José de los Jemez was built just to the north of the current village in 1621 but was abandoned around the 1640s.

In 1947 two Roman Catholic retreats were founded nearby, the Congregation of the Servants of the Paraclete and the Handmaids of the Precious Blood.

[6] Following enthusiasm from supporters of Kyozan Joshu Sasaki, the Bodhi Manda Zen Center was founded in 1972.

Jemez Springs, c.1890
Soda Dam on Jemez Creek, north of Jemez Springs
Map of New Mexico highlighting Sandoval County