Georgia O'Keeffe called the large pale rock formation near Ghost Ranch the White Place.
The White Place refers to a set of pale cliffs near Abiquiú, New Mexico, that O'Keeffe painted from the 1930s onward. She described it as a private place she could see from her house, and its eroded forms became a recurring subject. The cliffs' light color and layered surfaces allowed her to explore shape, shadow, and distance without relying on conventional landscape composition.
The name is often confused with the Black Place, another New Mexico landscape that O'Keeffe painted near Ghost Ranch. The two subjects are different and have contrasting colors and appearances. O'Keeffe's personal names for these places also show how closely her New Mexico paintings were tied to repeated observation rather than to generic desert scenery.