Destinations · New Mexico
Glenrio
NM · 35.1789, -103.0422
Historic Route 66, Mesalands Scenic Byway and La Frontera del Llano Byway are signed byways within 30 miles of Glenrio, New Mexico.
Understand
It was built a 1903 railroad town on the Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (the tracks were removed in the 1980s), Glenrio served travellers on the Ozark Trail and later Route 66. The highway was realigned onto a freeway bypassing the town in the 1970s. The last businesses closed in 1976.
The same roads run past Tucumcari, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Glenrio 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
- Historic Route 66 · inside · national
- Mesalands Scenic Byway · 20 mi
- La Frontera del Llano Byway · 25 mi
Lookouts
- San Jon Hill View · 22 mi
- Caprock View · 22 mi
Named places
- Glenrio · 0 mi
- Little Juarez Cafe (Abandoned) · 0 mi
- Abandoned Texaco Station · 0 mi
- Abandoned Glenrio Post Office · 0 mi
- NMTD Glenrio Visitor Information Center · 1 mi
- Carand Collecible Museum · 4 mi
- Sand Point · 9 mi
- Boise · 11 mi
A day out of Glenrio, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- San Jon · 17 mi