Destinations · New Mexico
Glenrio
NM · 35.1789, -103.0422
From Glenrio, New Mexico, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways within 30 miles.
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.
Day-trip loops
Baked loops for Glenrio are growing. The weave below 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
- Boise · 11 mi
- Eastbound Picnic Area · 12 mi
A day out of Glenrio, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- San Jon · 17 mi