Travel Overview: 38 minutes — 27 mi
Travel Overview: 20 minutes — 12 mi
Travel Overview: 55 minutes — 44 mi
Travel Overview: 18 minutes — 12 mi
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Segment: 27 mi — about 38 mins
1. Drive west. 1 min 0.1 mi |
2. Turn left onto Richmond Drive Northeast. 1 min 0.1 mi |
3. Turn left onto Menaul Boulevard Northeast. 1 min 0.4 mi |
4. Turn right onto Carlisle Boulevard Northeast. 1 min 0.3 mi |
5. Turn left to take the I 40 ramp. 13 mins 12.9 mi |
6. Take exit 175 onto NM 14/NM 333/NM 337 toward Cedar Crest. 1 min 0.2 mi |
7. Keep left to take NM 14 North toward Cedar Crest. 1 min 0.7 mi |
8. Bear left to stay on NM 333. 7 mins 5.9 mi |
9. Make a sharp left onto Sandia Crest Road/NM 536. 12 mins 6.9 mi |
10. Bear left. 1 min 0.1 mi |
11. Your destination is on the left. 1 min |
Side Trip: Please read the side-trip description for the directions
Climbing several switchbacks and through five life zones to the 10,678-foot Sandia Crest you will be rewarded with spectacular views of Albuquerque, the Rio Grande, Mount Taylor, and the Jemez and Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Explore the Cibola National Forest along one of the many trails, including the popular half-mile loop Peak Nature Trail. The area is replete with a full array of outdoor activities.
About half way up the Sandia Crest National Scenic Byway, consider a side trip on the gravel Country Road 165, heading through Las Hurtas Canyon to the Sandia Cave trailhead where excavations have found evidence of humans in this area some 12,000 years ago. A short trail leads to the trail to the cave and a metal spiral staircase leads to the entrance. Visitors should bring the usual caving equipment, head protection, flashlights and appropriate clothes and shoes. If you continue further, it will lead you back to I-25, or you could turn around and continue on the Turquoise Trail.
Segment: 12 mi — about 20 mins
1. Drive southeast. 1 min 0.1 mi |
2. Bear right onto Sandia Crest Road/NM 536. 11 mins 6.7 mi |
3. Stay straight to take the ramp. 1 min 0.1 mi |
4. Keep right to take NM 14. 7 mins 5.7 mi |
5. Your destination is on the left. 1 min |
Segment: 44 mi — about 55 mins
1. Head north on NM-14 N/NM-14 Scenic N toward Torres Trail Continue to follow NM-14 N 55 mins 44.7 mi |
2. Make a U-turn at Vista Del Monte 1 min 148 ft |
Segment: 12 mi — about 18 mins
1. Drive south on Turquoise Trail/NM 14. 1 min 0.2 mi |
2. Make a left U-turn at Camino Bajo to stay on Turquoise Trail/NM 14. 2 mins 1.7 mi |
3. Take the I 25 North ramp. 5 mins 6.2 mi |
4. Take exit 284. 1 min 0.4 mi |
5. Turn left onto Old Pecos Trail/NM 466. 2 mins 1.4 mi |
6. Keep right to stay on Old Pecos Trail. 3 mins 1.7 mi |
7. Bear left onto Old Santa Fe Trail. 2 mins 0.7 mi |
8. Turn left onto East Water Street. 1 min 0.1 mi |
9. Turn right onto Old Santa Fe Trail. 1 min 0.1 mi |
10. Turn right onto East San Francisco Street. 1 min 0.1 mi |
11. Your destination is on the left. 1 min |
