Travel to the
Heart of New Mexico

Put some heart into your next vacation - Travel to the Heart of New Mexico.

Explore the Heart of New Mexico, the All-American travel adventure guaranteed to revitalize your heart, mind and soul. Wide-open skies, natural beauty, historic culture and outdoor adventures are all waiting for you in central New Mexico.

Take a walk through time as you discover the mystic beauty of ancient Native American ruins and Hispanic lore. Spend a day strolling through world famous museums and exhibits. Spice things up with a green chili cheese burger at a classic roadside diner along historic Route 66. Sound tempting? What are you waiting for?

Scenic Day Trips

Route 66
While popular memory evokes images of a highway lined with diners, motels, and roadside attractions catering to postwar travelers headed west, the central New Mexico section of the “Mother Road” reflects the original purpose of the “Main Street of America.”

Albuquerque
Corrales
Moriarty
Rio Rancho
Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

Jemez Mountain Trail
Traveling this trail provides a journey through time. A leisurely day trip along this National Scenic Byway takes you past fantastic geologic formations, ancient Indian ruins and reminders of the area’s logging, mining and ranching heritage.

Jemez Pueblo
Jemez Springs
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County Tourism Department
San Ysidro Pueblo

Turquoise Trail
Drive back into history through the mining towns of Golden, Madrid, and Cerrillos, now alive with art, crafts, theater, music, museums and restaurants.

Madrid
Moriarty
Sandoval County Tourism Department
Turquoise Trail

Salt Mission Trail
To travel the Salt Mission Trail is to take a journey back in time and visit ancient Anasazi and Mogollon Indian ruins, prehistoric trade routes and awe-inspiring mission churches. Explore the National Forests and hike, bike, camp or fish among the pine, aspen and maple forests.

Belen
Mountainair

El Camino Real
El Camino Real (“The Royal Road”) for 300 years was the Southwest’s main road for travelers. El Camino curves through Belen, Tomé, Los Lunas and Bernalillo bringing you through six pueblos - Isleta, Sandia, Santa Ana, San Felipe, Santo Domingo and Cochiti.

Albuquerque
Belen
Corrales
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County Tourism Department
Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

Corrales Road
The Village of Corrales, nestled in the Rio Grande Valley, offers a refreshingly rural experience just moments from the city. Corrales has been a rich agricultural community for over 1,300 years and now is home to eclectic galleries, shops, restaurants, bed and breakfasts, wineries, spas and a Hispanic museum.

Albuquerque
Corrales
Rio Rancho
Sandoval County Tourism Department
Village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque