Call Los Piñones home and enjoy a window to the City Different with sweeping views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at sunrise and the glittering city lights of Santa Fe at sunset. Los Piñones is a community that expresses Santa Fe in every way, but is still just 45 minutes from US News's top ranked "Best Place to Live 2009" ALBUQUERQUE, NM! Sixteen separate three-story buildings are nestled into a piñon covered hillside in northern Santa Fe. A highly desirable community in the mountain range, Los Piñones has old-grown trees and native plant life that reflect the vintage look of the old southwest.