Destinations · New Mexico
Cedar Crest
NM · 35.1071, -106.3735
Turquoise Trail, Salt Missions Trail and Historic Route 66 are 3 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of Cedar Crest, New Mexico.
Get in
The town is located a few miles east of Albuquerque, at the junction of I-40 and NM State Road 14 (the "Turquoise Trail", a scenic route heading north through the town of Madrid to Santa Fe). From Albuquerque, I-40 passes through the narrow Tijeras Canyon. Running alongside I-40 through the canyon is NM 333, a winding two-lane road that follows the route of old Route 66.
The same roads run past Albuquerque, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Cedar Crest are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Turquoise Trail · inside · national
- Salt Missions Trail · 1 mi
- Historic Route 66 · 3 mi · national
- Sandia Crest Byway · 8 mi
- El Camino Real · 14 mi · national
- Corrales Road · 16 mi
Public land
- Cibola National Forest · 1 mi
Campgrounds
- Cedro Peak Camping Sites - Robin and Jay · 4 mi
- Cienega Equestrian Trailhead · 4 mi
- Tajique Campground · 23 mi
- Bosque Campground · 24 mi
- Capilla Peak Campground · 28 mi
Lookouts
- Flat Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Bet's Rock · 4 mi
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 4 mi
- Pino Canyon Overlook · 6 mi
Named places
- Ojito de San Antonio Open Space · 1 mi
- Picnic Ground 5 · 1 mi
- Picnic Ground 4 · 1 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center · 1 mi
- Dove Picnic Ground · 1 mi
- Dove Picnic Area · 1 mi
- Travertine Falls · 1 mi
- Bobcat Picnic Ground · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Edgewood · 11 mi
- Albuquerque · 16 mi
- Bernalillo · 17 mi
- Central New Mexico · 20 mi
- Madrid · 24 mi
- Los Lunas · 29 mi