El Camino Real
National Scenic Byway 382 mi in New Mexico.
About the El Camino Real
Cultures along El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro (The Royal Road of the Interior Land), are as diverse as its history and scenery. Pueblos reveal artisans crafting wares using centuries-old methods. The route, first traveled by Don Juan de Onate in 1598, provided news, supplies, and travel to the first capital of the New World.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, New Mexico State Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 60 · on the roadLeasburg Dam State Park · State park · 23 sites · reservable
- Mile 99 · 0.8 mi offPercha Dam State Park · State park · 59 sites · reservable
- Mile 108 · 1.3 mi offCaballo Lake State Park · State park · 170 sites · reservable
- Mile 144 · 4.7 mi offElephant Butte Lake State Park · State park · 173 sites · reservable
- Mile 267 · 1.7 mi offIsleta Lakes & RV Park · Tribal · 100 sites · reservable
- Mile 296 · 0.9 mi offCoronado Campground · City, county or regional park
- Mile 321 · 3.6 mi offCochiti Campground · Army Corps of Engineers · 80 sites · reservable
- Mile 321 · 4.2 mi offTetilla Peak · Army Corps of Engineers · 45 sites · reservable
- Mile 368 · on the roadRoadrunner RV Park · Tribal · 63 sites · reservable
- Mile 382 · on the roadOHKAY RV Park · Tribal · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.