• Two-wheeled carretas carried goods up El Camino from Mexico City in 1598; walking the trail in the Jornada del Muerto, a scorching 90-mile stretch of El Camino wherein colonists had to leave the cool Rio Grande to continue their journey north

    El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

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Jornada del Muerto dedication:

National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent Aaron Mahr cuts the ribbon on the dedication ceremony for new visitor use sites and exhibits along an original segment of trail (October 30, 2010).

In the background, La Sociedad de la Entrada represents an infantry company from 1590 to 1610, symbolizing members of the original colonial expeditions.

Visit the site and retrace the original trail at Jornada del Muerto. To access Yost Escarpment and Point of Rocks trailheads on Sierra County Road A013 (near Truth or Consequences, NM):

  • From the north: Take I-25 Exit #79 and head east on 51, then south on County Road A013 (Upham Road). The trailhead is 20 miles from I-25. Drive 10 more miles to find Point of Rocks Trailhead.
  • From the south: Take I-25 Exit #35 to County Road E072, which turns into County Road E070, which turns into County Road A013 (Upham Road).

The exhibits are on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands where the trail is jointly administered by NPS and BLM.

Did You Know?

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

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail is one of 19 national historic trails in the National Trails System, which also includes national scenic and recreational trails.