Santa Fe Trail - New Mexico

State: New Mexico
National Forest: Carson National Forest, Santa Fe National Forest
Length: 381.0 mi / 613.2 km
Time to Allow: 8 hours to drive the New Mexico section of the byway.

The Santa Fe Trail, one of America's first great trade routes, was critical to our nation's westward expansion. Visit historic sites and landmarks such as Raton Pass, Cimarron, and Santa Fe. Enjoy spectacular scenery, from rugged mountains to the grama-buffalo grass on the plains east of the Sangre de Cristos.

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  Santa Fe Trail

  One of America's first great trade routes, the Santa Fe Trail was critical to our country's westward expansion. Visit historic sites and landmarks like Bent's Fort, Trinidad, Raton Pass, Cimarron, Fort Union, Pecos, Point of Rocks, and Santa Fe. Enjoy spectacular scenery, from rugged mountains to the plains.