Destinations · New Mexico
Española
NM · 36.0019, -106.0647
From Española, New Mexico, Byway's registries place 8 scenic byways, 4 public land units and 17 campgrounds within 30 miles.
Understand
The town sits at the heart of North Central New Mexico in a wide valley between the Sangre de Cristo Mountains on the east and the Jemez on the west.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- El Camino Real · 1 mi · national
- Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway · 5 mi
- High Road to Taos · 6 mi
- Historic Route 66 · 17 mi · national
- Jemez Mountain Trail · 20 mi · national
- Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway · 21 mi
Public land
Campgrounds
- Borrego Mesa Campground · 16 mi
- Aspen Basin Campground · 20 mi
- Big Tesuque Campground · 22 mi
- Black Canyon Campground · 23 mi
- Panchuela Campground · 25 mi
- Santa Barbara Campground · 26 mi
- Cowles Campground · 26 mi
- Holy Ghost Campground · 26 mi
Lookouts
- Vista Grande Overlook · 21 mi
- Vista Grande Overlook Observation Site · 21 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic Site · 21 mi
- Ski Santa Fe Overlook · 21 mi
Named places
- Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site · 1 mi
- Española · 1 mi
- Española Valley Historical Marker · 1 mi
- Veterens Memorial · 1 mi
- Bond House Museum · 1 mi
- Bond House Historic Site · 1 mi
- Espanola Valley Historic Marker · 2 mi
- Ben Lujan Memorial Highway · 2 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Chimayó · 8 mi
- Pojoaque · 8 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 21 mi
- Santa Fe · 23 mi