New Mexico / Colorado · USA
Vermejo, a Ted Turner Reserve is a stay in New Mexico / Colorado, USA. This page records what the property publishes about its building, across the eight pathways this index reviews.
Photography: Ted Turner Reserves
Listing details from Google Places, read 6 Aug 2026.
Lodges, cottages and cabins across a Ted Turner reserve straddling New Mexico and Colorado, including Casa Grande and the eight room Costilla Fishing Lodge; no total key count is published.
Lodges, cottages and cabins across a Ted Turner reserve straddling New Mexico and Colorado, including Casa Grande and the eight room Costilla Fishing Lodge; no total key count is published. Costilla Fishing Lodge holds LEED Silver, and Beyond Green publishes that guest accommodation is built with timber and stone sourced from the reserve. Vermejo publishes a great deal about bison, elk, native trout and forest, which measures the land rather than the rooms. Fireplaces are published inside guest accommodation: gas at Bernal Lake Cabin, stone at Costilla Fishing Lodge, and in accounts of Casa Grande.
The architect of Costilla Fishing Lodge, Conron and Woods, publishes stone and timber elements chosen for the high altitude site and for historic buildings on the ranch, with furniture designed in house with a Taos County woodworker from ranch sourced wood. The contractor states all stone and timber in the lodge came from the ranch, and describes the walls as half sawn logs over a frame with blown-in insulation. The 2024 Bernal Lake Cabin was furnished by Los Griegos Studio with regional pieces. No species, grade, insulation product, mattress or linen is specified.
All eight areas, for every record. Each row opens to what was published, where we read it and when.
Publishing something is not the same as it being good. Every line below was read and placed by a person, not scored by a machine. What each rung means
Named means the property published something you can look up: a brand, a product or a number. Stated means it says so with nothing behind it. Not published means we looked and found nothing, which is a gap in our reading and not an answer about the building.
The air in a closed room is what you breathe for eight hours. What decides it is the filter grade, the fresh air rate, and whether damp has ever been looked for.
We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.
You drink it, cook with it and stand under it. What is in it depends on the source and on what, if anything, filters it, and both are things a property can name.
We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.
Light is what tells a body the time of day. The part a building controls is what its fittings emit and when, which a named product or a colour temperature makes checkable.
A published visitor account states that lighting in the lodge is dimmed on some clear nights so that guests can stargaze on the front lawn, with no fixture, colour temperature or control specification given.
Published by ScheckTrek Travel, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Vermejo: A Little (Big) Bit of ParadiseOn some clear nights, they dim the lights in the lodge and have stargazing on the front lawn.
Wiring, routers and devices put electromagnetic fields in a room. What a building decides is where they sit relative to the bed, and whether anyone has measured it.
We found nothing published on this. That is a gap in what we could read, not a finding about the building.
The things you sleep on and touch: the mattress, the sheets, the pillows, and the paints, glues and finishes around them. A named fabric, a fibre content or a certification can be looked up. A structural palette tells you about the building, not about the bed.
The main contractor for Costilla Fishing Lodge publishes that all the stone and timber used in the guest lodge was harvested from the ranch, naming no species, grade or finish.
Published by R.L. Lockwood Construction, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Costilla Lodge in Vermejo Park New MexicoAll stone and timber was harvested from the ranch property.
The same contractor page describes the wall build up at Costilla Fishing Lodge as half sawn logs over a frame with blown-in insulation between them, with no insulation product, brand or emission standard named.
Published by R.L. Lockwood Construction, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Costilla Lodge in Vermejo Park New MexicoThe massive logs making up the walls have been sawn in half, in order to have a frame structure with blown-in insulation in between the logs.
The property's own announcement of Bernal Lake Cabin, dated 30 April 2024, named the design firm that sourced the cabin's furniture and fixtures and gave no material, fibre or emission specification for them.
Published by Ted Turner Reserves, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Vermejo Unveils Bernal Lake CabinSanta Fe-based design firm Los Griegos Studio invested countless hours canvassing New Mexico and Colorado for a collection of regional furniture and fixtures representative of the bygone era.
What a kitchen cooks with and where it buys are the parts of a stay you take inside you. A named oil, a named supplier or a published share is checkable; “healthy” is not.
A published visitor account of a guided tour of the property states that the garden and greenhouse supply 60 percent of the vegetables used in the kitchen, with no method, period or analyst named.
Published by The Vacation Atlas, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: A Weekend of Solitude and Adventure at VermejoWe toured the garden and greenhouse which supplies 60% of the vegetables used in the kitchen.
New Mexico Magazine reports bison served at lunch accompanied by greens from the greenhouse next to the dining building, naming no supplier and giving no sourcing verification.
Published by New Mexico Magazine, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Enjoy a Luxurious Wildlife Experience in New Mexico at VermejoOn my second day at Vermejo, I order the savory bison French dip at lunchtime, served with fresh greens from the greenhouse next door.
Press reports that the greens and vegetables served to guests are grown in the on site greenhouse and gardens, with no share, supplier or verification given.
Published by Go World Travel Magazine, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Amp Up the Adventure at Vermejo, a Ted Turner Reserve in New MexicoMany of the greens and veggies are grown in the onsite greenhouse and gardens, providing another opportunity to connect with nature.
A published visitor account describes the bison meat served to guests as ranch raised, without stating which herd it comes from or how the sourcing is verified.
Published by Small Town Stops, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: A Ted Turner Ranch is Northern New Mexico's Hidden GemEven if you aren't much of a meat-eater, you can't leave without trying their ranch-raised bison meat.
Daylight, planting, outlook and the way a room meets the outside are what make a place feel the way it does. Named design decisions can be checked; atmosphere cannot.
The named architect of Costilla Fishing Lodge publishes the design intent for the guest lodge, including stone and timber elements selected in response to the high altitude site and to historic buildings on the ranch.
Published by Conron & Woods Architects, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Costilla LodgeIn addition to taking cues from historic buildings on the Ranch, the lodge design took inspiration from the great buildings of the National Parks, incorporating dramatic stone and timber elements fitting for the breathtaking and secluded high altitude site that had been chosen for the project.
The same architect publishes that the lodge's furniture was designed in house with a Taos County woodworker and made from wood sourced on the ranch.
Published by Conron & Woods Architects, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Costilla LodgeIn addition, Conron & Woods provided interior design services, working with a Taos County woodworker to design a collection of unique furniture for the Lodge, also made with ranch-sourced wood.
Beyond Green publishes that guest accommodation at Vermejo is built with timber and stone sourced from the reserve, naming no species or grade.
Published by Beyond Green, read 15 Aug 2026.
Read it: Vermejo a Ted Turner Reserve in New Mexico, United StatesGuest accommodations, including the solar-powered, LEED Silver-certified Costilla Fishing Lodge, are built with timber and stone sourced from the reserve.
What you can hear at three in the morning decides whether you slept. Insulation, plant and machinery, and what sits next door are what decide it.
A published visitor account describes the night time sound environment during a stay as no sound other than a breeze moving through the valley. No measured background level, acoustic separation rating, plant noise figure or fragrance policy is published.
Published by Small Town Stops, read 16 Aug 2026.
Read it: Ted Turner ranch, northern New MexicoThere were no other sounds at night than the quiet breeze moving through the valley during my stay at Vermejo: A Ted Turner Reserve.
Not everything is published, and an empty row is a gap in what we could read rather than a fault in the building. If one of these matters to you, ask the property before you book. Send us something that updates this record
Issued by U.S. Green Building Council
Property
Awarded: Not stated · Valid until: Not stated · Source checked: 15 Aug 2026
Silver
See issuer recordIssued by Beyond Green, Preferred Travel Group
Property
Awarded: Not stated · Valid until: Not stated · Source checked: 15 Aug 2026
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Published corrections Full assessment recordNew Mexico / Colorado, USAAmericas36.8154, -104.8799
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