Pick Your Scenic Drive
Scenic Drives
Name of Drive
Description
Highlights
Where It Begins and Ends
Length In Miles
Website
Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway
high desert scenic beauty
museum of archaeology and material culture in Cedar Crest
follows Hwy 14 between Sante Fe and I40(Albuquerque)
61
888/263-0003
Sante Fe Trail
one of america’s first great trade routes from rugged mountains to the plains
Bents Fort
Trinadad
Cimarron
Pecos
Santa Fe NM to Lamar CO
565
719/336-3483
Jemez Mountain Trail
high volcanic cliffs along Jemez river
jemez pueblo
jemez springs
soda dam
spence hot springs
Tierra Amarilla to Bernalillo
170
800/545-2040
Historic Route 66
long stretches of famous old road
indian reservations
scenic valleys and hills
nostalgic buildings
Tucumcari to Gallup
317
505/472-3763
El Camino Real
First European road in U.S.
Rio Grande River
San Miguel mission in Sante Fe
flatlands to soaring peaks
just north of Espanola At San Juan Pueblo to texas border south of Las Cruces
299
505/854-3600
Enchanted Circle
Picturesque mountain towns
Angel Fire
Eagle Nest
Elizabethtown ghost town
vietnam veterans national memorial
loop from Taos and back
86
800/816-1516
High Road To Taos
visit small isolated mountain towns
Chimayo
Cordova
Truchas
Trampas
magnificent San Francisco de Asis Church at Ranchos de Taos
Sante Fe to Taos
54
800/732-8267
Geronimo Trail National Scenic Byway
Gila Wilderness
large lakes
mountain forests
Hwy 25 through Sierra County
138
575/894-1968