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Hummingbird Community, home of the Hummingbird Living School, is located one hour southeast of Taos and two hours north of Santa Fe in the rural town of Cleveland, New Mexico. The school is nestled at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at an elevation of approximately 7500 feet.

A year-round flowing river runs through the valley, with heavily forested ridges on both sides of a gorgeous meadow. It is full of color year round, with a wide assortment of flowers, herbs and trees. The property is unique in that it includes numerous micro-climates. The views are spectacular and the night skies are an astronomer's dream. We are also blessed with abundant deeded water rights on the property to support our agricultural interests.

Hummingbird Community is down the road from Mora, a small town that offers all the basic services such as food, fuel, banking, schools, phone/communications cooperative, a post office, and other amenity shops. The predominant Hispanic population of the Mora Valley cultivates a rich sense of place through the cultural, religious, and social traditions of their forefathers.