Northwest New Mexico Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
About Northwest New Mexico
This region is bounded on the north byColoradoand the west byArizona. Southern and eastern boundaries are indistinct. For purposes of this article, everything south of Interstate highway 40 (following historic Route 66) is considered to be insouthwestern New Mexico, with the exceptions ofEl Malpais National Monumentowing to its association with the definitely northwestern town of Grants, and Zuni Pueblo owing to its location amid outlying sections of Navajo Nation. The eastern boundary is taken to be the Continental Divide north of US highway 550 and the Nacimiento Mountains south of it; areas east of this boundary are covered in the article onnorth central New Mexico. This is a rugged, dry area lacking the high mountains that give the north central region more rain, vegetation and scen
Northwest New Mexico Travel Guide Sections
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