Destinations · New Mexico
Pecos
NM · 35.5750, -105.6760
Santa Fe Trail, Historic Route 66 and Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway are 3 of 6 signed byways within 30 miles of Pecos, New Mexico.
Get in
Pecos is located just off I-25 about 20 miles east of Santa Fe. Coming from Santa Fe, exit onto NM State Road 50 (exit 299) and proceed on NM 50 for a few miles until it terminates in Pecos. Coming west, from Northeast New Mexico, exit onto NM 63 (exit 307) and head towards the village; NM 63 passes by Pecos National Historic Park before reaching the village proper. North of town, NM 63 continues along the Pecos River into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Pecos Wilderness.
The same roads run past Santa Fe, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Santa Fe Trail · 2 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 · 11 mi · national
- Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway · 14 mi
- El Camino Real · 18 mi · national
- Turquoise Trail · 20 mi · national
- High Road to Taos · 28 mi
Public land
- Santa Fe National Forest · inside
- Carson National Forest · 28 mi
Campgrounds
- Field Tract Campground · 8 mi
- Links Tract Campground · 13 mi
- Black Canyon Campground · 14 mi
- Holy Ghost Campground · 14 mi
- Holy Ghost Group Campground · 14 mi
- Big Tesuque Campground · 15 mi
- Johnson Mesa Campground · 15 mi
- Cowles Campground · 16 mi
Lookouts
- Galisteo Basin Overlook · 11 mi
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook · 15 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic Site · 16 mi
- Ski Santa Fe Overlook · 16 mi
Named places
- Pecos Historical Marker · 1 mi
- Big Cola Can · 1 mi
- Careflight 5 Memorial · 2 mi
- Pecos Pueblo North (ruin) · 2 mi
- Pecos Pueblo South (ruin) · 2 mi
- Pecos National Park · 2 mi
- Pecos National Historical Park · 2 mi
- ruins of Spanish church at Pecos · 2 mi
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