Ghost Ranch was Georgia O'Keeffe’s New Mexico ranch famous for red cliffs.
Located near Abiquiú, Ghost Ranch is known for its striking multicolored geology, including the red cliffs and formations of the Piedra Lumbre basin. O'Keeffe began visiting the area in the late 1920s and repeatedly painted its bones, hills, and broad horizons.
She eventually maintained a house at Ghost Ranch, while her restored adobe home in Abiquiú became her principal residence. The two locations are close enough to be associated together, but they are distinct places with different roles in her life.
O'Keeffe’s paintings of the region helped make its visual identity internationally recognizable. Ghost Ranch also has a broader history connected with ranching, religious retreat, paleontology, and popular culture, but its association with O'Keeffe comes especially from her sustained artistic response to the landscape.