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New Mexico State Road 38. The highway was named NM 38 in or before 1912 for the road between Questa and Eagle Nest. [18] New Mexico State Road 434. The road runs south from U.S. Route 64 south to Mora. It was a part of NM-38 when the highway was extended south of Eagle Nest by 1917 and at least into the 1950s. [19]
At 9,820 feet (2,990 m) in elevation, it is the highest mountain pass in New Mexico. [1] [2] It is located on NM 38 between Eagle Nest, New Mexico [3] and Red River [2] on the boundary of the Carson National Forest. [1] The pass is the head of the Bobcat Creek, named for the frequency of the bobcat in the area. [4]
Palo Flechado Pass (Spanish: "tree pierced with arrows"), [1] also called Taos Pass and Old Taos Pass, [2] [3] is a mountain pass located in Taos County, New Mexico, United States [4] on the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway. [5]
Red River is a resort town in Taos County, New Mexico, US in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The population was 542 at the 2020 census. Red River is on the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway, and is 36 miles (58 km) from Taos. St. Edwin's Catholic Church in Red River
The Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway is both a New Mexico Scenic Byway and National Forest Scenic Byway. It is an 84-mile loop that goes through the forest's Camino Real and Questa ranger districts and nearby towns, including Taos, Questa, Red River, Eagle Nest, and Angel Fire.
New Mexico State Road 434 connects the center of Angel Fire with US 64 to the north and leads south 34 miles (55 km) from the village center to Mora. According to the United States Census Bureau , the village of Angel Fire has a total area of 29.0 square miles (75.0 km 2 ), of which 28.9 square miles (74.9 km 2 ) is land and 0.04 square miles ...
Located along the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway, Eagle Nest is a small summer-home and resort destination. Originally named Therma, the village was renamed Eagle Nest in the 1930s. [5] The town is located in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains (a sub-range of the Rocky Mountains) in northern New Mexico near the Colorado border.
Beautiful views and shaded cottonwoods along NM 448: July 31, 1998 [1] El Camino Real National Scenic Byway: 276 miles: The former El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, or King's Highway. NSB June 9, 1998, [7] September 22, 2005 (extended) [citation needed] July 31, 1998 [1] Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway: 84 miles: A loop of scenic North Central ...