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The U.S. state of New Mexico has 412 state roads, totaling 7,405.762 miles (11,918.419 km) that criss-cross the 33 counties of the state. [a] Most highway numbers are one, two, or three digits long, however there are three highways that have four digit highway numbers. These highways are New Mexico State Road 1113 (NM 1113), NM 5001, and NM 6563.
New Mexico State Road 38. The highway was named NM 38 in or before 1912 for the road between Questa and Eagle Nest. [18] New Mexico State Road 434. The road runs south from U.S. Route 64 south to Mora. It was a part of NM-38 when the highway was extended south of Eagle Nest by 1917 and at least into the 1950s. [19]
The forest is located mainly in Rio Arriba (63.4% of acreage) and Taos (34.65%) counties, but smaller areas extend eastward into western Mora and Colfax counties. [ 4 ] Wheeler Peak , the highest mountain in New Mexico at 13,161 feet (4,011 m), is located in the National Forest.
One trail head for the wilderness is only 15 miles by road from Santa Fe, the state capital. Covering an area of 223,667 acres (90,515 ha)(350 sq mi) it is the second largest wilderness in the state after the Gila Wilderness. An area of fewer than 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) was given wilderness protection by Congress in 1964. [3]
Taos County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,489. [1] Its county seat is Taos. [2] The county was formed in 1852 as one of the original nine counties in New Mexico Territory. [3] Taos County comprises the Taos, New Mexico Micropolitan Statistical Area.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Taos County, New Mexico, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
The area was expanded by 14,700 acres (5,900 ha) in 1980 with the passage of the New Mexico Wilderness Act. [2] In 1996, public law 104-333 [ 3 ] transferred 764 acres (309 ha) from the wilderness south of the ridge between Simpson Peak and Old Mike Peak and west of Blue Lake to the nearby Taos Pueblo .
State Road 183 (NM 183), also called Vinton Road, is a 0.598-mile-long (0.962 km) state highway in Doña Ana County. The highway's western terminus is at NM 28 north of La Union and the eastern terminus is at the end of state maintenance as a continuation of Vinton Road towards the Texas state line. NM 183 was formally part of NM 273.