Placitas is located in Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA - northeast of Albuquerque and south of Santa Fe. It is positioned 35.32 degrees north of the equator and 106.46 degrees west of the prime meridian. It is neither city nor town - not even so much a village as a series of small communities nestled in the foothills of the magestic Sandia Mountains. From Placitas you can drive a dirt road through Las Huertas Canyon up the less-traveled slopes of the Sandia Mountains. Las Huertas is spanish for "the gardens". The creek is entirely spring-fed and along it you'll find box elder, willows and various evergreens. Placitas has a long and colorful history dating back to 1765. Read more about it here.