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template: byway.jade
id: "2094"
name: Turquoise Trail
distance: "62"
duration: "Take two hours, including backtracking, to drive the byway."
description: "Believed to be an ancient path, Turquoise Trail travels between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The natural geological formations found here are like nowhere else on Earth. See nature up-close in the Cibola National Forest and Sandia Mountain Wilderness Area. Appreciate the distinctive, artistic communities of Madrid and Los Cerrillos."
contact: "**[New Mexico Department of Tourism](http://www.newmexico.org/)**  \r\n 800-545-2070  \r\n 575-827-7400  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:enchantment@newmexico.org )  \r\n\r\n**[Turquoise Trail Association](http://www.turquoisetrail.org)**  \r\n 888-263-0003  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:trail@turquoisetrail.org )  \r\n\r\n**[Tinkertown Museum](http://www.tinkertown.com/)**  \r\n575-281-5233  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:tinker4u@tinkertown.com )"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.itsatrip.org/"
    name: Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/cibola/"
    name: Cibola National Forest
  - url: "http://www.hikercentral.com/regions/us/newmexico.html"
    name: "Hiker Central - New Mexico"
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=22580"
    name: Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/mmd/aml/AMLmain.htm"
    name: "New Mexico Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Bureau "
  - url: "http://www.sandia-park.com/"
    name: Sandia Park Scenic Byway Neighborhood Association
  - url: "http://www.sandiapeak.com/"
    name: "Sandia Peak Ski & Tramway"
  - url: "http://www.santafe.org/"
    name: Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau
  - url: "http://www.turquoisetrail.org"
    name: Turquoise Trail
  - url: "http://www.newmexico.org/"
    name: Welcome...New Mexico Tourism Department
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - "New Mexico Scenic & Historic Byway"
states: 
  - NM
ll: 
  - -106.34748604464522
  - 35.163188374343974
bounds: 
  - - -106.45031699962982
    - 35.073447999625444
  - - -106.03472099977432
    - 35.60530099984123

---

Believed to be an ancient path, Turquoise Trail travels between Albuquerque and Santa Fe. The natural geological formations found here are like nowhere else on Earth. See nature up-close in the Cibola National Forest and Sandia Mountain Wilderness Area. Appreciate the distinctive, artistic communities of Madrid and Los Cerrillos.