NM SB12 – Narrow Gauge Scenic Byway Traditional Cache

New Mexico is home to 25 magnificent scenic byways, totaling over 2,900 miles across a diverse landscape. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation recognizes these designated roads based on one or more intrinsic qualities — archaeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational, or scenic.

This is a desert environment so please be careful of the flora and fauna that live here and the trash people leave along the road.

The J-9 Narrow Gauge Scenic Byway has had many twists and turns, both literally and historically. This isolated road winds through a beautiful and dramatic landscape. It started as a primitive trail forged by early settlers and miners, and became a crude toll road in 1877. In the early 1800s, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad laid track on the same alignment. It has come full circle - the track has been removed and it is once again a largely unimproved road, now known as Jicarilla 9.

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