Shiprock:TheShipRocklandformistheremnantofanexplosivevolcaniceruptionthatoccurredaround30millionyearsago.

AngelPeak:Therecreationarea,morethan10,000acresofruggedterrain,featuresAngelPeak,colorfulbadlandsanddeepcanyons.

NavajoLakeStatePark:Threeseparaterecreationareascomprisethispark.PineRiver,themostdevelopedareaalongthelake,includesavisitorcenterwithinterpretiveexhibits.

JicarillaApacheIndianReservation:LocatedinthescenicmountainsandruggedmesasofnorthernNewMexiconeartheColoradoborder.

CumbresPass:ThepassistraversedbyStateHighway17andtheCumbresandToltecScenicRailroad.

BrazosCliffs:ThehighpointoftheBrazosCliffsisonGrouseMesawhereBrazosBenchmarkreaches11405feet.

RioGrandeGorge:ageologicalfeatureinnorthernNewMexicowherethewatercourseoftheRioGrandefollowsatectonicchasm.

Taos:KnownforhistoricadobebuildingslikeTaosPueblo,amultistoryadobecomplexinhabitedbyNativeAmericansforcenturies.

EnchantedCircle:ScenicBywaythroughvalleys,mesa,mountains,andnationalforest.

CapulinVolcanoNationalMonument:ProtectsandinterpretsanextinctcinderconevolcanothatispartoftheRaton-ClaytonVolcanicField.

ThedinosaurthemethatstartedatBlackMesacontinuesatClaytonLakeStatePark.Imaginativepaleontologistshavedonetheirbesttodecipherthedozensoffootprintsthatcrosshatchanancientcreekbedhere.Visitorscanthemselvesattemptthementalgymnasticsinvolvedinguessingwhereaparticulardinohesitated,decidedwhichwaytoturn,thensetoffwithitstailactingasabalancingaid.

ThankstoitsNationalMonumentstatus,CapulinVolcanodrawscrowdsofvisitors.Thewindywalkaroundthecraterputsthedormantvolcanoinperspective;cowsgrazeandranchersmakealivingonlandmarkedbyancientlavafloes.

Foroneofthemostauthenticbrusheswithhistoryonallof64,stepinsidethewallsofTaosPueblo,whereNativeAmericansmaintaintheirancientways.ThebuildingsremainassmoothandphotogenicastheywerewhenGeorgiaO’Keefecameheretopaint.Insidethecoolclayrooms,vendorssellsnacksandhigh-qualityhandicrafts.ThepueblochapelpresentsthemergingofancientreligionswithCatholicism.

TripLength:Roughly410miles,plussidetrips

BestTimeToGo:YearRound

WhatToWatchOutFor:Roadscanbeicyandsnow-packedinwinterandearlyspring.

MustSeeNearbyAttractions:

NorthernNavajoNationFairinOctober(Shiprock,NM)

AztecRuinsNationalMonument(Aztec)

BistiWilderness&ChacoCultureNationalHistoricPark(southofFarmington)

HeronLakeStatePark(nearRutheron)

KitCarsonHome&Museum(Taos)

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Thewesternmoststateon64’sroutebringsachangeofsceneryfortravelerswhohavestuckwiththeroadsinceitsbeginnings.Southwesterncolorsandtexturestakeoverthelandandplantlifeastheroadrekindlesitsfriendshipwiththemountains.

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