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template: byway.jade
id: "2083"
name: "Santa Fe Trail - New Mexico"
distance: "381"
duration: 8 hours to drive the New Mexico section of the byway.
description: "The Santa Fe Trail, one of America's first great trade routes, was critical to our nation's westward expansion. Visit historic sites and landmarks such as Raton Pass, Cimarron, and Santa Fe. Enjoy spectacular scenery, from rugged mountains to the grama-buffalo grass on the plains east of the Sangre de Cristos."
contact: "**New Mexico Tourism Department Visitor's Guide**  \r\n 800-733-6396  \r\n\r\n**Raton Visitor Information Center**  \r\n 505-445-2761  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:nmvic@raton.com )  \r\n\r\n**Santa Fe Visitor Information Center**  \r\n 505-827-7336  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:vcener@state.nm.us )  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/carson/"
    name: Carson National Forest
  - url: "http://www.santafetrail.org/interactive-trail-map/"
    name: The Interactive Santa Fe Trail Homepage
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=22580"
    name: Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.newmexico.org/"
    name: New Mexico Land of Enchantment
  - url: "http://nenewmexico.com/"
    name: Northeast New Mexico
  - url: "http://www.santafe.org/"
    name: Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/sfe/"
    name: Santa Fe National Forest
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/safe/"
    name: Santa Fe National Historic Trail
  - url: "http://www.thesantafesite.com"
    name: The Santa Fe Site
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - New Mexico State Scenic Byway
states: 
  - NM
part of: 
  - "2287"
ll: 
  - -105.93767000017021
  - 35.684846999789386
bounds: 
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    - 35.39231100015269
  - - -103.00221499962237
    - 36.993861

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The Santa Fe Trail, one of America's first great trade routes, was critical to our nation's westward expansion. Visit historic sites and landmarks such as Raton Pass, Cimarron, and Santa Fe. Enjoy spectacular scenery, from rugged mountains to the grama-buffalo grass on the plains east of the Sangre de Cristos.