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DRIVE, HIKE OR BIKE?

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BYWAYS NEW MEXICO is home to 25 scenic byways, ve of which are W MEXICO is home to 25 scenic byways, ve of which are

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accessible in Sandoval County. View maps and brief videos at
newmexico.org/scenic-byways

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A 6.7 mile stretch through historic, agriculturally rich New Known as the “Royal Road,” the route Don Juan de Onate
Mexico, where farms have been irrigated since around 700 A. followed in 1598, leading 500 colonists. Onate’s journey was
D. Corrales was established on part of the Alameda Land the beginning of nearly 300 years of travel and commerce on
Grant, given to Corporal Francisco Montes y Vigil in 1710 for the Camino in New Mexico, which follows the Rio Grande
his role in the reconquest of New Mexico. Unable to settle from Santa Fe to the U. S. Mexico border.
the grant under Spanish law, he sold it to Captain Juan Jose

Gonzales Bas in 1712. The extensive corrals that Captain
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The trail begins at the junction of U.S. 550
and N.M. 4 in the pastoral village of San
Ysidro and winds past Jemez Pueblo,
through Jemez Springs into the Jemez
Mountains and Santa Fe National Forest
into Frijoles Canyon in Bandelier National
Monument.

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The scenic route between Albuquerque
and Santa Fe is named for the rich
turquoise deposits found in the area. A
52-mile route that meanders through the
old mining towns of Golden, Madrid and
Cerrillos.
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Route 66 traversed 2,448 miles in 1926, passing
505-898-0000 through eight states: California, Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and
www.PerfectionCars.com Illinois. The New Mexico segment is the
longest at 392 miles.

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