Santa Rosa is in
Guadalupe County, and in the
Northeast New Mexico region. Santa Rosa is located east of
Albuquerque between
Moriarty and
Tucumcari along Interstate 40 on the banks of the
Pecos River near
Sumner Lake.
In Northeast New Mexico, where the Great Plains rise up to meet the Rockies, lies a hidden oasis. Amid the red mesas is an brigade of spring-fed lakes, from clear mineral springs to the Blue Hole, famous for scuba diving, to the man-made Santa Rosa Lake.