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template: byway.jade
id: "2092"
name: Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway
distance: "95"
duration: "Take three hours to drive, or six-eight hours to experience this byway."
description: "The Trail of the Mountain Spirits beckons. Go where the spirits of miners, homesteaders, Indians, Spanish explorers, and mountain men have left their marks. Cross the Continental Divide, experience the wild Gila River, walk amongst the ruins of ancients to sense life before history, and hear the sounds of solitude."
contact: "**Trail of the Mountain Spirits Byway Inc.**  \r\n 575-536-9459  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.silvercity.org/special-events-and-what-to-do-in-silver-city-grant-county.php"
    name: "Events calendar for Silver City and Grant County, New Mexico"
  - url: "http://www.faywood.com/"
    name: Faywood Hot Springs Resort
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/gicl/"
    name: Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (National Park Service)
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/gila/"
    name: Gila National Forest
  - url: "http://www.newmexico.org/parks-and-byways/#article75714"
    name: "New Mexico Scenic Byways - Trail of the Mountain Spirits"
  - url: "http://www.pinosaltos.org"
    name: "Pinos Altos, New Mexico"
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=22521"
    name: San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.silvercityartists.org/"
    name: San Vicente Artists of Silver City
  - url: "http://www.silvercity.org/"
    name: Silver City/Grant County Chamber of Commerce
  - url: "http://oldwestcountry.com"
    name: Tour of Old West Country
  - url: "http://www.tmsbyway.com/"
    name: Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway
  - url: "http://www.newmexico.org/index.php"
    name: "Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway :: New Mexico Tourism"
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - National Forest Scenic Byway
  - "New Mexico Scenic & Historic Byway"
states: 
  - NM
ll: 
  - -108.26598289199683
  - 32.78326715305667
bounds: 
  - - -108.27526099969538
    - 32.769587999786324
  - - -107.93187699972373
    - 33.23034999965273

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The Trail of the Mountain Spirits beckons. Go where the spirits of miners, homesteaders, Indians, Spanish explorers, and mountain men have left their marks. Cross the Continental Divide, experience the wild Gila River, walk amongst the ruins of ancients to sense life before history, and hear the sounds of solitude.