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Mesalands Scenic Byway: 320 miles: Views of mesas and steep rock walls in central New Mexico. July 31, 1998 [1] Narrow Gauge Scenic Byway: 9.9 miles: Scenic, historic drive: July 31, 1998 [1] Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway: 14 miles: Santa Clara Pueblo is located on the byway: By 2013 [9] Quebradas Back Country Byway: 24 miles: Scenic, rugged back ...
View exiting Sunspot, New Mexico State Road 6563 ( NM 6563 ), also known as the Sunspot Scenic Byway , [ 2 ] is a 15.530-mile-long (24.993 km) two-lane state highway in Otero County , New Mexico , United States.
A key site on the byway are the ruins at Chaco Canyon, which was the "ceremonial center" for puebloan people at that and outlying pueblos between 850 and 1250 A.D. Other key sites are the El Morro National Monument and El Malpais National Monument. [4] A great portion of the land in northwestern New Mexico belongs to the Navajo Nation. [5]
Follow this map and turn the drive into a scenic loop of about 50 miles, or a one-hour and 15-minute drive. Along the route or nearby: ... High Road to Taos Scenic Byway, New Mexico.
The 662.4-mile (1,066 km) Trail of the Ancients Scenic Byway [4] in McKinley and San Juan counties, New Mexico; The 100.3-mile (161 km) Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road in Apache County, Arizona , [ 5 ] and the 26-mile (42 km) Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road [ 6 ] in Navajo County, Arizona .
The Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway was named a New Mexico Scenic Byways on July 31, 1998. [ 1 ] It was designated as a National Forest Scenic Byway by the U.S. Forest Service on December 14, 1989.
Lake Valley Back Country Byway: New Mexico: 48 77 NM 27 and NM 26 near Nutt: NM 152 and I-25 near Hillsboro: This backway is between the Mimbres and Caballo mountains and the Cookes Range in southwestern New Mexico. Passes through ranching land and features the ghost town of Lake Valley. Also a State Scenic Byway. [35] [36] [37] I/II
The road is also recognized by the New Mexico Department of Transportation as a scenic and historic byway. [3] The town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico lies at the center of this trail with a southern end at San Lorenzo, Grant County, New Mexico and a northern end at Beaverhead Ranger Station. The Federal Highway Administration gives the ...