Guides with the Keyword "La Paz Mexico"

El Camino Real - New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110
Filed Under: Cultural
During colonial years, New Mexico was tied to the outside world by this one thoroughfare, El Camino Real, which descended the Rio Grande valley from Santa Fe on its way to Mexico City to the south. ...
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Navajo Reservoir - New Mexico

Aztec, New Mexico 87410
Filed Under: Camping, Cycling, Fishing, Hiking, Horseback, Hunting, Paddling
Navajo Dam, at an elevation of 6,085 feet, was completed in 1963 and is the principal storage feature for the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project. The reservoir is one of the four initial units of the C ...
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Santa Fe Trail - New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503
Filed Under: Camping, Cultural
The Santa Fe Trail was the first of America's great Trans-Mississippi routes. Directions ---------- References and External Links ------------------------------------ * [http://www.byw ...
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Playa Balandra

La Paz, Mexico
Filed Under: Camping, Fishing
Playa Balandra is a beautiful beach on the Sea of Cortez just a few kilometers northeast of La Paz. It is one of the last beaches you come across when you are driving along the Peninsula de Pichilingu ...
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Shiprock Marathon and Relays

Shiprock, New Mexico 87420
May 6, 2006, Filed Under: Running
23rd Annual Shiprock Marathon & Relays, Half-Marathon, and 10K Trail Walk (non-competitive). Only event of its kind on the Navajo Nation. High desert scenery is spectacular. Course passes by the on ...
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Squash Blossom Classic - High Desert Half Marathon and 5k

Gallup, New Mexico 87301
May 21, 2005, Filed Under: Running
This event takes place during the annual Squash Blossom Festival in Gallup New Mexico. The Hlaf Marathon race will occur on the new rugged High Desert Trail System, in scenic McKinley County just min ...
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El Malpais National Monument

Grants, New Mexico 87020
Filed Under: Camping, Climbing, Cycling, Hiking, Horseback
El Malpais National Monument and Conservation Area was established in 1987 and is a relative newcomer to the National Park System. This monument preserves 114,277 acres of which 109,260 acres are fede ...
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Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

Mountainair, New Mexico 87036
Filed Under: Cultural
Once, thriving American Indian trade communities of Tiwa and Tompiro speaking Puebloans inhabited this remote frontier area of central New Mexico. Early in the 17th-century Spanish Franciscans found t ...
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Capulin Volcano National Monument

Capulin, New Mexico 88414
Filed Under: Hiking
Mammoths, giant bison, and short-faced bears were witness to the first tremblings of the earth and firework-like explosions of molten rock thousands of feet into the air. Approximately 60,000 years ag ...
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Santa Fe National Historic Trail

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
Filed Under: Hiking
Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe Trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. From 1821 until 1846, it was an international commercial highway used by Mexi ...
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