New Mexico

Every scenic byway, national park and public-land unit in New Mexico, and the measured connections between them.

27
scenic byways
2
national parks
16
public-land units
67
lookouts
8,486
miles of byway

Scenic byways

National parks

Public land

Connections

Measured to each protected area’s official boundary, not its centre point.

  • Guadalupe Back Country Byway runs through Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 3.0 mi
  • Sunspot Scenic Byway runs through White Sands National Park · 19.0 mi
  • Historic Route 66 runs through Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests · 29.0 mi
  • El Camino Real runs through Carson National Forest · 10.0 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail runs through Carson National Forest · 14.0 mi
  • Jemez Mountain Trail runs through Carson National Forest · 25.0 mi
  • Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway runs through Carson National Forest · inside
  • High Road to Taos runs through Carson National Forest · inside
  • Santa Fe Trail runs through Cibola National Forest · inside
  • Trail of the Ancients - NM runs through Cibola National Forest · inside
  • Turquoise Trail runs through Cibola National Forest · inside
  • El Camino Real runs through Cibola National Forest · 1.0 mi
  • Historic Route 66 runs through Cibola National Forest · 5.0 mi
  • Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway runs through Cibola National Forest · 9.0 mi
  • Trail of the Ancients - NM runs through El Malpais National Conservation Area · inside
  • Historic Route 66 runs through El Malpais National Conservation Area · 7.0 mi
  • Chain of Craters Back Country Byway runs through El Malpais National Conservation Area · inside
  • Billy the Kid Trail runs through Fort Stanton - Snowy River National Conservation Area · inside
  • Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway runs through Gila National Forest · inside
  • Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway runs through Gila National Forest · inside
  • El Camino Real runs through Gila National Forest · 21.0 mi
  • Lake Valley Back Country Byway runs through Gila National Forest · 4.0 mi
  • El Camino Real runs through Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument · 5.0 mi
  • Jemez Mountain Trail runs through Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument · 10.0 mi
  • Historic Route 66 runs through Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument · 18.0 mi
  • Turquoise Trail runs through Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument · 19.0 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail runs through Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument · 26.0 mi
  • Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway runs through Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument · 22.0 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail runs through Kiowa National Grassland · inside
  • La Frontera del Llano Byway runs through Kiowa National Grassland · inside
  • Billy the Kid Trail runs through Lincoln National Forest · inside
  • Guadalupe Back Country Byway runs through Lincoln National Forest · inside
  • Sunspot Scenic Byway runs through Lincoln National Forest · inside
  • Lincoln National Forest adjoins Carlsbad Caverns National Park · inside
  • Lincoln National Forest adjoins White Sands National Park · 12.0 mi
  • El Camino Real runs through Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument · inside
  • Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway runs through Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument · 23.0 mi
  • Lake Valley Back Country Byway runs through Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument · 9.0 mi
  • Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument adjoins White Sands National Park · 17.0 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail runs through Pike and San Isabel National Forests · 20.0 mi
  • El Camino Real runs through Prehistoric Trackways National Monument · 4.0 mi
  • El Camino Real runs through Río Grande del Norte National Monument · 22.0 mi
  • Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway runs through Río Grande del Norte National Monument · inside
  • Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway runs through Río Grande del Norte National Monument · 1.0 mi
  • High Road to Taos runs through Río Grande del Norte National Monument · 6.0 mi
  • Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway runs through Río Grande del Norte National Monument · 30.0 mi
  • Santa Fe Trail runs through Rita Blanca National Grassland · 10.0 mi
  • Jemez Mountain Trail runs through Santa Fe National Forest · inside
  • Santa Fe Trail runs through Santa Fe National Forest · inside
  • Historic Route 66 runs through Santa Fe National Forest · 1.0 mi
  • El Camino Real runs through Santa Fe National Forest · 2.0 mi
  • Turquoise Trail runs through Santa Fe National Forest · 5.0 mi
  • Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway runs through Santa Fe National Forest · inside

Scenic drives in New Mexico