Great
high desert scenery. Mountains on your right and canyons
on your left! Travel through and next to Cibola National
Forest. Quaint communities.
Motorcycle
Road Quality:
Good
pavement, "foot peg scrapping curves," and plenty of places
to catch the shoulder and take in the scenery.
Motorcycle
Roadside Amenities:
Stop
at the Goat Farm for goat milk fudge, goat cheese with green
chili, kids can pet the goats, and more. See the Quarai
Ruins--400 year old church--with towering adobe walls.
Stop in Moriarity for a cold one and then cut back to the
interstate for a 65 mile run to Albuquerque or head south
to El Paso and the Border! Visit the Cibalo
National Forest.
Directions:
Written directions:
Start
your route in Cedar Crest, NM (about 20
miles due East of Albuquerque, NM). Initially
you'll start on State Route 14 but this
will quickly turn into NM 337. Just take
this south for about 30 miles till it runs
into NM 55. Take a right on to NM 55 and
head through Tajique, NM and through Torreon,
NM and continue down to the route’s
end point of Mountainair, and you're done
.
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Great road with a variety of twisties that open onto high desert plain. Excellent views of the Monzano Mts and deep canyons on the North end. Don't miss the old Spanish missions, well worth the time to check them out.
