Camino Real in New Mexico facts for kids

The Camino Real in New Mexico was the northern part of a historic roadway known as the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro that from 1598 ran from Mexico City northward through central and northern Mexico and the Trans-Pecos part of what is now Texas to San Juan Pueblo (Ohkay Owingeh) in Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico, now the state of New Mexico.

Road Sections on the National Register of Historic Places

14 sections of the Camino Real (El Camino Real) in New Mexico were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 and 2013 and 2014 and 2018

Buckman Trail, a running trail opened in 2018. "New Section of the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Opens in Santa Fe, June 2nd." El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Dead Dog Trailhead, Buckman Road

Some or all of them are parts of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (transl. Royal Road of the Interior Land), which was an historic 2,560-kilometre-long (1,590 mi) trade route between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, from 1598 to 1882. It was the northernmost of the four major "royal roads" that linked Mexico City to its major tributaries during and after the Spanish colonial era.

The listings are by county from the south to north:

• Doña Ana County, New Mexico (this county is on border with Mexico)
  • 11000172 Camino Real-Rincon Arroyo-Perrillo Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, Rincon, New Mexico Rincon Arroyo Perrillo
  • 11000166 Camino Real-San Diego North South Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, Radium Springs, New Mexico
  • 11000165 Camino Real-San Diego South, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, Rincon, New Mexico
• Sierra County, New Mexico (adjacent, to north of Doña Ana County)
  • 11000171 Camino Real-Point of Rocks Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, northeast of Rincon, New Mexico, in the vicinity of the Point of Rocks, Sierra County
  • 11000163 Camino Real-Yost Draw Section, south of Aleman, New Mexico, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, north northeast of Point of Rocks, southeast of Aleman in Sierra County, New Mexico Yost Draw
  • 11000167 Camino Real-Jornada Lakes Section, north of Aleman but south of Engle, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, in Sierra County, New Mexico Jornada Lakes The National Archives info for this is at here, where it is noted that it is "possibly" address restricted. And there may be terms to get access to it.

Is this a pic of Camino Real's La Bajada Mesa Section? It is used in county list article.

• Socorro County, New Mexico (adjacent, to north of Sierra County)
  • 11000173 Camino Real-Qualacu Pueblo, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, east of the vicinity of San Antonio Qualacu Pueblo
  • 11000164 Camino Real-San Pascual Pueblo, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, southeast of the vicinity of San Antonio, New Mexico San Pascual Pueblo
  • 14000898 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro-Arroyo Alamillo North Section, NRHP-listed November 5, 2014, vicinity of San Acacia
• Santa Fe County, New Mexico (further to the north)
  • 11000169 Camino Real-Alamitos Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, Santa Domingo Pueblo. (So Santo Domingo Pueblo is location or nearby, in Santa Fe county, but Santo Domingo Pueblo, New Mexico redirects to Kiva Pueblo in Sandoval County, New Mexico, far away in the south, so something needs to be fixed.)
  • 11000168 Camino Real-La Bajada Mesa Section, Santa Fe, New Mexico, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011, La Bajada Mesa
  • 11000170 Camino Real-Canon de las Bocas Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,Santa Fe, New Mexico Canon de las Bocas
  • 13000774 El Rancho de las Golondrinas Section-El Camino Real de Tierra Adento, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • 13000775 La Cieneguilla South Section-El Camino Real de Tierra Adento, September 25, 2013, La Cienega, New Mexico
  • 100002204 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro-La Bajada North Section, listed March 19, 2018, La Cienega, New Mexico
  • 100002205El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro-La Bajada South Section, listed March 19, 2018, La Cienega, New Mexico

Camino Real-Jornada Lakes Section, near Engle, New Mexico, dates from 1598. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It has also been denoted LA 71818.

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NM-15, "La Bajada Historic Trails and Roads, Approximately 1 mile East/Northeast of intersection of State Highway 16 and Indian Service Road 841, La Bajada, Santa Fe County, NM", 19 photos, 6 measured drawings, 27 data pages, 3 photo caption pages

Images for kids

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  La Bajada Hill switchbacks, viewed from above on La Bajada Mesa, with La Bajada, New Mexico, in the valley of the Santa Fe River below