High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Venado Peak is one of the major peaks of the Taos Mountains group of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It is located in Taos County, New Mexico, about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of the town of Questa. It lies in the Latir Peak Wilderness, part of Carson National Forest. The peak`s name means "deer" in Spanish.