Destinations · New Mexico
Santa Fe
NM · 35.6916, -105.9374
Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway and El Camino Real are 3 of 8 signed byways within 30 miles of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Understand
Santa Fe was once the capital of Spain's, and then Mexico's, territories north of the Rio Grande, but its visible history extends far beyond the arrival of the Spanish; it is thought to have been the site of Puebloan villages that had already been long abandoned by the time the Spanish arrived in 1607. It became the state capital when the territory of New Mexico achieved statehood in 1912.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
8 scenic drives near Santa Fe
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Santa Fe. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
- 01
Santa Fe Trail
National Scenic Byway · starts in town
Runs through Cibola National Forest, Kiowa National Grassland and Santa Fe National Forest.
- 02
El Camino Real
National Scenic Byway · 1 mi out
Runs through Cibola National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest.
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Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway
State scenic byway · starts in town
Runs through Santa Fe National Forest.
- 07
High Road to Taos
State scenic byway · 14 mi out
Runs through Carson National Forest and Santa Fe National Forest.
- 08
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Santa Fe 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
- Santa Fe Trail · inside · national
- Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway · inside
- El Camino Real · 1 mi · national
- Historic Route 66 · 2 mi · national
- Turquoise Trail · 8 mi · national
- High Road to Taos · 14 mi
Public land
- Santa Fe National Forest · 2 mi
- Carson National Forest · 24 mi
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument · 26 mi
Campgrounds
- Black Canyon Campground · 6 mi
- Big Tesuque Campground · 9 mi
- Aspen Basin Campground · 10 mi
- Field Tract Campground · 14 mi
- Holy Ghost Campground · 14 mi
- Holy Ghost Group Campground · 14 mi
- Links Tract Campground · 16 mi
- Cowles Campground · 17 mi
Lookouts
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 0 mi
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook · 2 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic Site · 9 mi
- Vista Grande Overlook · 10 mi
Named places
- Allison Dormitory Historic Site · 0 mi
- Harper Samuel Cunningham · 0 mi
- Kit Carson Monument · 0 mi
- Bull · 0 mi
- The Founding of Santa Fe · 0 mi
- Zozobra · 0 mi
- USS Santa Fe Bell · 0 mi
- Barn Dog · 0 mi
A day out of Santa Fe, planned on real roads
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Take the scenic way to Santa Fe.
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