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Map of Valles Caldera National Preserve in New Mexico. The park is mostly square with chunks taken out of the northeast and southeast corners. The boundaries are highlighted with green edges on pale sage-green lands with geological detailing. Major roads are noted in soft red.

Extended Description

State Route 126 snakes east from the left edge of the map through the Santa Fe National Forest, ending at State Route 4.

State Route 4 snakes across the map, from the west side of the bottom edge of the map to the south side of the right edge of the map. It starts at the southwest origin point, snaking north along the Cañon de San Diego and Jemez River with the note: “To Interstate 25 and Albuquerque.” It runs up to State Route 126 and County Road 105, then hairpin turns, snaking back south, passing Redondo with its campground. From Redondo it runs southeast, clipping the southwest corner of the park near Banco Bonito to an unlabeled road that runs south to Jemez Falls, also with a campground. State Route 4 continues east past Los Griegos, then curves northeast to the Preserve Entrance and into the park. It continues past Rabbit Mountain, and east out of the park and through Bandelier National Monument. It continues, snaking east, connecting with State Route 501 near Ponderosa Group Campground, where reservations are required, and off the right edge of the map with the note: “To White Rock, Bandelier National Monument, and Santa Fe.” State Route 501 runs north, snaking east near Los Alamos Canyon and off the right edge of the map with a note: “To Los Alamos and Manhattan Project National Historical Park.”

Following the unpaved road north of Preserve Entrance leads into the park, over the East Fork Jemez River, and to a black square with green callout box that reads “Valle Grande Entrance Station (ranger station, restrooms) on Valle Grande. The road continues west past Cerro la Jara, to a black square with green callout box that reads “Visitor Contact Station” within a raised rectangle above a note in black text: “See Cabin District Map.”

The road continues northeast, past History Grove. It snakes past Jaramillo Creek and Cerro Piñon, and continues north and then northwest, passing a restroom on the east side of the road at the base of Cerros del Abrigo. The road continues northwest through the mountains, passing Cerro Santa Rosa and Cerro San Luis, connecting with an unpaved road near Valle San Antonio. That unpaved road runs east past Cerro Santa Rosa to Rito de los Indios, Valle Toledo and San Antonio Creek. The main road continues west through Valle San Antonio, past Cerro Seco and San Antonio Mountain to San Antonio Creek.

Legend

A scale at the bottom of the map measures distances of 1 and 2 kilometers, and 1 and 2 miles.

Three icons represent Ranger station, Campground, and Restrooms.

The legend continues:

White line encased in black for Unpaved road and

Gray dashed line for Trail.