New Mexico


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NORTH

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 4

Pojoaque

San Ysidro

80

This road is very twisty and scenic

America’s Byways® - Jemez Mountain Trail

SR 14

Santa Fe

Springer

54

Lots of good curves

America’s Byways® - Turquoise Trail

SR 17

Mosca, Colorado

Chama

93

passes over La Manga and Cumbres

America’s Byways® – Los Caminos Antiguos

SR 21

Cimarron

Springer

34

 

America’s Byways® - Santa Fe Trail

SR 38

Questa

Eagle Nest

30

 

America’s Byways® - Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway

SR 68

Taos

San Juan Puebo

42

 

Good Motorcycle Roads

SR 72

Raton

Folsom

37

 

America’s Byways® - Dry Cimarron Scenic Byway

SR 75

Dixon

Rock Wall

21

 

Good Motorcycle Roads

SR 76

Santa Cruz

Penasco

30

A gentle back country black top highway

America’s Byways® - High Road to Taos

SR 96

La Jara

Abiquiu

49

 

 

SR 161

Buena Vista

Watrous

21

 

America’s Byways® - Santa Fe Trail

SR 378

Carro

Rio Grande River

12

 

America’s Byways® - Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway

SR 434

Agua Fria

Mora

37

A great winding black top road with surprising curves and twists

 

SR 475

Santa Fe

Santa Fe Baldy

16

climbs high into the lush forests of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

 

SR 518

Taos

Las Vegas

74

 

America’s Byways® - Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway

SR 522

Questa

Taos

21

 

America’s Byways® - Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway

SR 565

Espanola

Santa Fe National Forest

31

 

America’s Byways® - Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway

US 56

Springer

Clayton

83

 

America’s Byways® - Santa Fe Trail

US 64

Shiprock

Clayton

407

miles of sweepers and switchbacks in a parkway setting…this is a cruiser

America’s Byways® - Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway - Santa Fe Trail

US 84

Tierra Amarilla

Santa Cruz

67

it passes some of the most scenic red-rock country in New Mexico…”

 

US 285

Antonio, Colorado

Santa Fe, New Mexico

115

 

 

US 550

Bloomfield

Bernalillo

152

 

America’s Byways® - Jemez Mountain Trail

I-25

Springer

Santa Fe

131

 

America’s Byways® - Santa Fe Trail

 

 

 

 

 

CENTRAL

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 4

Pojoaque

San Ysidro

80

This road is very twisty and scenic

America’s Byways® - Jemez Mountain Trail

SR 41

Moriarty

Willard

28

 

America’s Byways® - Salt Missions Trail

SR 47

Belen

Junction US 60

20

 

America’s Byways® - Abo Pass Trail

SR 55

Tajique

Largo

89

 

America’s Byways® - Salt Missions Trail

SR 96

La Jara

Abiquiu

49

 

 

SR 126

Cuba

Jemez Springs

38

It is very twisty, scenic, and DIRT. Only the first 10 miles are paved.”

America’s Byways® - Jemez Mountain Trail

SR 337

Tijeras

Tajique

30

 

America’s Byways® - Salt Missions Trail

SR 448

Rio Rancho

Albuquerque

8

 

America’s Byways® - Corrales Road

SR 536

Sandia Park

Sandia Crest

14

Good quality pavement with multiple hairpin turns and short straights to the next turn.

America’s Byways® - Sandia Crest Byway -Turquoise Trail

US 60

Junction SR 47

Williard

34

 

America’s Byways® - Abo Pass Trail - Salt Missions Trail

US 550

Bloomfield

Bernalillo

152

 

America’s Byways® - Jemez Mountain Trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

NORTHEAST PLAINS

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 39

Abbott

Logan

94

 

America’s Byways® - La Frontera del Llano Byway

SR 72

Raton

Folsom

37

 

America’s Byways® - Dry Cimarron Scenic Byway

SR 325

Capulin

DesMoines

17

 

America’s Byways® - Dry Cimarron Scenic Byway

SR 370

Clayton

Junction SR 456

49

 

America’s Byways® - Dry Cimarron Scenic Byway

SR 406

Kenton, Oklahoma

Clayton

36

 

America’s Byways® - Santa Fe Trail - Dry Cimarron Scenic Byway

SR 453

Grenville

Junction US 56

22

 

America’s Byways® - Santa Fe Trail

SR 456

Folsom

Kenton, Oklahoma

59

 

America’s Byways® - Dry Cimarron Scenic Byway

US 56

Springer

Clayton

83

 

America’s Byways® - Santa Fe Trail

US 64

Shiprock

Clayton

407

miles of sweepers and switchbacks in a parkway setting…this is a cruiser.”

America’s Byways® - Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway - Santa Fe Trail

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTHWEST

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 15

Silver City

Gila Hot Springs

43

narrow and makes sharp turns…traffic is light, and the highway is well maintained

America’s Byways® - Trail of the Mountain Spirits

SR 26

Hatch

Deming

47

Watch your speed here as state troopers really run it a lot.

 

SR 27

Hillsboro

Junction SR 26

30

Big sweepers, no traffic, a few free ranging beasts, ghost towns, a great ride

America’s Byways® - Lake Valley Back Country Byway

SR 35

Junction SR 15

San Lorenzo

28

This road follows the Mimbres River through ranch country and has sweepers primarily.

America’s Byways® - Trail of the Mountain Spirits

SR 52

Truth or Consequences

Winston

41

 

America’s Byways® - Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway

SR 59

Winston

Gila National Forest

31

 

America’s Byways® - Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway

SR 78

Three Way, Arizona

Junction US 180

37

emphasizes the differences in altitude from New Mexico to Arizona

 

SR 152

Central

Caballo

63

Never counted the corners but 200 is a fair guess. NO TRAFFIC Either.

America’s Byways® - Lake Valley Back Country Byway - Trail of the Mountain Spirits

SR 187

Truth or Consequences

Caballo

15

 

America’s Byways® - Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway

US 60

Springerville, Arizona

Socorro

153

Scenic views. Nice highway. Gas is available in Magdalena and Quemado only on Sunday

 

US 70

Hondo

Las Cruces

137

 

America’s Byways® - Billy the Kid Trail

US 180

Holbrook, Arizona

Deming, New Mexico

286

beautiful mountain and high-grasslands scenery…”

 

I-10

Deming

Las Cruces

60

 

 

I-25

Socorro

Caballo

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOUTHEAST

Route

From

To

Miles

Comments

Resource

SR 7

Whites City

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

7

the highway follows Walnut Canyon

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

SR 13

Junction US 285

Junction US 82

37

This road meanders through an area where the high plains meets the dry wash desert

 

SR 24

Mayhill

Dunken

50

you’ll have views of the northern end of the Tularosa Basin and the Malpais

 

SR 37

Ruidoso

Nogal

27

 

 

SR 48

Capitan

Ruidoso

23

 

America’s Byways® - Billy the Kid Trail

SR 130

Cloudcroft

Mayhill

22

twist after twist mixed in with small rolling dips – all through pastures and ranches

 

SR 137

Carlsbad

Lincoln Natonal Forest

55

SR 137 is also known as the Queens Highway. It deadends at the Texas state line

 

SR 244

Mescalero

Cloudcroft

55

through some extremely pleasant ranching/farming country

 

SR 246

Capitan

Roswell

81

Lots of ‘ups & downs’. There is little traffic on this road

North American Sportbike Road Registry

SR 457

Caprock

Lovington

33

 

 

SR 532

Alto

Ski Apache

12

Steep with cut back twisty turns, but the views at the top are the real pay off

 

SR 6563

Cloudcroft

Timberon

30

Beautiful ride.Caution advised, due to increasing\decreasing radius turns

America’s Byways® - Sunspot Scenic Byway

US 54

Carrizozo

Tularosa

45

 

 

US 70

Hondo

Las Cruces

137

 

America’s Byways® - Billy the Kid Trail

US 82

Alamogordo

Cloudcroft

17

climbs from about 4500 ft to 8500 ft in just a few miles.”

 

US 380

Carrizozo

Hondo

43

 

America’s Byways® - Billy the Kid Trail

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