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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic TrailView of La Bajada hill, looking north towards Santa Fe, New Mexico
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El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
Certified Sites on El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT

The owners or managers of these historic sites and interpretive facilities are “certified” partners with the National Park Service on El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail.

(updated October 2009)

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque Museum of Art and History: at 2000 Mountain Road NW (corner of 19th Street), Albuquerque

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge: (federal partner - US Fish and Wildlife Service), along State Highway 1, 18 miles south of Socorro in Socorro County, between San Antonio and San Marcial.

Camino Real Site: in the La Cienega area, southwest of Santa Fe. The specific location is restricted.

Casa San Ysidro, The Gutiérrez-Minge House: 973 Old Church Road, Corrales

Coronado State Monument: at 485 Kuaua Rd., Bernalillo

El Camino Real International Heritage Center: approximately 30 miles south of Socorro and 35 miles north of Truth or Consequences. To reach the site, take Interstate 25 to Exit 115 and head five miles east.

El Rancho de las Golondrinas: at 334 Los Pinos Road, La Cienega

Fort Craig National Historic Site: (federal partner - Bureau of Land Management), about 35 miles south of Socorro, on State Highway 1 south of San Marcial and just east of Interstate 25.

Fort Selden State Monument: in Radium Springs, 13 miles north of Las Cruces

Mesilla Plaza: in Central Mesilla, bounded by Calle de San Albino, Calle de Guadalupe, Calle de Santiago and Calle de Parian

Palace of the Governors: at 105 West Palace Ave., on the north side of the Santa Fe Plaza

Tomé Hill: (El Cerro de Tomé) is approximately 5 miles southeast of Los Lunas. A portion of the hill is protected in Tomé Hill Park, at the corner of Tomé Hill Rd. (Rio del Oro Loop North) and La Entrada Rd.

 

TEXAS

El Paso Museum of History: at 510 N. Santa Fe Street (at W. Franklin Ave.), El Paso

Keystone Heritage Park: at 4200 Doniphan Dr., El Paso

Traces of a dirt road, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, stretch across a southern New Mexico desert landscape  

Did You Know?
There are two national wildlife refuges along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. Tens of thousands of sandhill cranes, arctic greese, and ducks spend winters at Bosque del Apache, while Sevilleta provides habitat for bighorn sheep, pronghorn, mule deer, mountain lion, and bear, as well as for birds.

Last Updated: October 15, 2009 at 11:57 EST