Roadtrip America: Arizona And New Mexico: 25 Scenic Side Trips
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Enjoy all the Southwest has to offer instead of zipping on by. In a few hours or a day, each one of these 25 scenic alternative routes makes it easy to discover the enchanting history, jaw-dropping natural wonders, unique roadside attractions, and best-kept local secrets that lie just off the Interstates. Stunning photography, detailed maps, and easy-to-follow narrative guide the way through breathtaking landscapes and iconic western towns. Each route begins and ends at an Interstate, making it easy to add a few hours of scenic moseying to a cross-country run or to enjoy a picturesque day trip from Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Albuquerque, or Santa Fe. Check out a real, ready-for action spaceport Shop for unique treasure at century old Wild West trading posts Meet the treat-seeking burros of Oatman on old Route 66 Rest at an ancient healing sanctuary on the high road to Taos Explore the ancestral home of the Hopituh Shi-nu-mu in Arizona's north country Experience the rush of ten thousand cranes and snow geese as they rise above Bosque del Apache Look for extraterrestrials in Roswell Take a selfie while "standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona" Visit "The Wickedest Town in the West" Drive to the bottom of the Grand Canyon!
Specifications
ISBN | 9781945501050 |
Publisher | Imbrifex Books |
Publication Date | 2018 |
Series | Scenic Side Trips , #1 |
Pages | 384 |
Features
- Table of Contents
- Foreword xi
- Introduction xiii
- Part 1 Scenic Alternatives to Interstate 10 21
- 1 Van Horn, Texas, to Las Cruces, New Mexico 23
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Roswell UFO Museum
- Lincoln Historic Site
- Billy the Kid Scenic Byway
- Sierra Blanca Mountains
- White Sands National Monument
- White Sands Missile Range Museum
- 2 Las Cruces to Lordsburg 37
- Las Cruces Museum of Nature and Science
- Hatch (Chile Capital of the World)
- Spaceport America
- Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway
- Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway
- Gila Hot Springs
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
- Pinos Altos
- Historic Silver City
- City of Rocks State Park
- Chino Copper Mine
- 3 Lordsburg to Willcox, Arizona 50
- Silver City
- Catwalk National Recreation Trail
- Mogollon Ghost Town
- White Mountains of Eastern Arizona
- Coronado Trail Scenic Byway
- Blue Range Primitive Area
- Morenci Mine
- Clifton Townsite Historic District
- Rex Allen Museum
- 4 Lordsburg to Phoenix 63
- Duncan
- Safford and Mount Graham
- Globe/Miami
- Superior and the Boyce Thompson Arboretum
- Phoenix Mountain Parks
- Arizona State Capitol Museum
- Heard Museum
- Desert Botanical Garden
- Pueblo Grande
- 5 Wiilcox to Benson 75
- Fort Bowie National Historic Site
- Chiricahua National Monument
- Douglas and Agua Prieta
- Bisbee and the Copper Queen Mine
- Tombstone
- O.K. Corral and Boot Hill
- St. David
- Benson
- 6 Benson to Tucson 89
- Kartchner Caverns State Park
- Ramsey Canyon Preserve
- Coronado National Memorial
- Montezuma Pass
- Parker Canyon Lake
- Sonoita
- Patagonia
- Nogales
- Tumacacori National ITistorical Park
- Tubac Presidio
- Titan Missile Museum
- 7 A Tucson Circuit 101
- Sabino Canyon
- Mount Lemmon
- Saguaro National Park East
- AMARG Boneyard
- Pima Air & Space Museum
- Mission San Xavier del Bac
- Old Tucson
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Saguaro National Park West
- Gates Pass
- 8 Tucson to Phoenix 117
- Biosphere 2
- Pinal Pioneer Parkway
- Tom Mix Memorial
- Historic Florence
- Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
- LDS Mesa Temple
- Tempe Town Lake
- Old Town Scottsdale
- Western Spirit Museum
- Part 2 Scenic Alternatives to Interstate 17 129
- 9 Phoenix to Flagstaff, West Route 131
- Wickenburg
- Yarneil Hill
- Prescott and Whiskey Row
- Mingus Mountain and Jerome
- Tuzigoot National Monument and the Verde Valley
- Sedona and the Red Rocks
- Oak Creek Canyon
- Flagstaff
- 10 Phoenix to Flagstaff, East Route 143
- Taliesin West
- Fountain Hills
- Payson and the Zane Gray Cabin
- Mogollon Rim
- Tonto Natural Bridge State Park
- Pine and Strawberry
- Montezuma Castle National Monument
- Arcosanti
- Schnebly Hill
- Sedona
- Oak Creek Canyon
- 11 Phoenix to Holbrook 157
- Superstition Wilderness
- Apache Trail Historic Road
- Salt River Lakes (Canyon, Apache, and Roosevelt)
- Tonto National Monument
- Globe
- Salt River Canyon
- Show Low
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Painted Desert
- Holbrook
- Part 3 Scenic Alternatives to Interstate 40 171
- 12 Kingman to Flagstaff 173
- Historic Route 66
- Oatman
- Peach Springs and the Hualapai Reservation
- Diamond Creek Road
- The Colorado River
- Grand Canyon Caverns
- Seligman
- Williams
- Grand Canyon Railroad
- Flagstaff
- 13 St. George, Utah, to Flagstaff 189
- Zion National Park
- North Rim of the Grand Canyon
- Lee's Ferry
- Lake Powell
- Antelope Canyon
- Horseshoe Bend
- Flagstaff
- 14 Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon Loop 207
- Cameron Trading Post
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Red Mountain Crater
- Hart Prairie Preserve
- Snowbowl (San Francisco Peaks)
- Museum of Northern Arizona
- Flagstaff
- 15 Flagstaff to Holbrook 221
- Walnut Canyon National Monument
- Sunset Crater Volcano and Wupatki National Monuments
- Coal Mine Canyon
- Hopi Mesas
- Little Painted Desert
- Winslow
- Holbrook
- 16 Holbrook to Gallup, New Mexico 233
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument
- Monument Valley
- Navajo Route 13 and tbe Lukachukai Mountains
- Shiprock
- Gallup
- 17 Gallup to Grants 249
- Gallup
- Bisti Badlands
- Aztec Ruins National Monument (Farmington)
- Chaco Culture National Historical Park
- 18 Gallup to Albuquerque 261
- Gallup Historic District
- Zunr Pueblo
- El Morro National Monument
- Ice Cave and Bandera Volcano
- El Malpais National Monument
- The Sky City of Acoma
- Laguna Pueblo
- Los Lunas
- Rio Grande
- Albuquerque
- 19 Grants to Socorro 275
- Grants
- El Malpais National Monument
- Pie Town
- The VLA
- Plains of San Agustin
- Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
- Part 4 Scenic Alternatives to Interstate 25 287
- 20 Socorro to Albuquerque 289
- Historic Socorro
- Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge
- Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (Abo, Gran Quivira, and Quarai)
- Salt Mission Trail Scenic Byway
- Sandia Peak Tramway
- 21 Albuquerque Loop 301
- Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
- Petroglyph National Monument
- Corrales
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
- Turquoise Trail
- Tinkertown Museum
- Sandia Crest
- 22 Albuquerque to Santa Fe 313
- Coronado Historic Site
- Jemez Mountain Trail Scenic Byway
- Jemez Historic Site
- Valles Caldera National Preserve
- Fenton Lake State Park
- Abiquiu
- Bandelier National Monument
- Los Alamos
- Bradbury Science Museum
- Santa Fe
- 23 Santa Fe/Taos Loop, Part A 327
- Santa Fe
- Low Road to Taos
- Old Spanish Trail
- Puye Cliff Dwellings
- Rio Grande del Norte National Monument
- San Francisco de Asis Church
- Taos
- Taos Pueblo
- 24 Santa Fe/Taos Loop, Part B 339
- Taos
- Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
- Taos Ski Valley
- Wild Rivers Backcountry Byway
- Red River
- Eagle Nest Lake
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial State Park
- Angel Fire
- High Road to Taos Scenic Byway
- Las Trampas
- Truchas
- El Santuario de Chimayo
- Santa Fe
- 25 Santa Fe to Raton 355
- Santa Fe
- Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
- Abiquiu
- Georgia O'Keeffe Home and Studio
- Ghost Ranch
- Echo Amphitheater
- Brazos Cliffs
- Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
- Taos
- Cimarron Canyon State Park
- Cimarron
- Raton
- Acknowledgements 371
- Index 372
Brand
Imbrifex Books