Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway

National Scenic Byway 93 mi in New Mexico.

Find camping along it Drive to one end Byway page on America's Byways

About the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway

The Trail of the Mountain Spirits beckons. Go where the spirits of miners, homesteaders, Indians, Spanish explorers, and mountain men have left their marks. Cross the Continental Divide, experience the wild Gila River, walk amongst the ruins of ancients to sense life before history, and hear the sounds of solitude.

Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.

Designations: National Scenic Byway, New Mexico Scenic & Historic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.

Camping along the byway

on the roadForks Campground · Forest Service
on the roadUpper Scorpion Campground · National Park Service · 12 sites
on the roadUpper Scorpion · Forest Service
on the roadMcMillen · Forest Service
on the roadLower Scorpion Campground · National Park Service · 7 sites
on the roadUpper End · Forest Service
on the roadLower Scorpion · Forest Service
on the roadMesa · Forest Service
on the roadCherry Creek · Forest Service
0.5 mi offSapillo · Forest Service

Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, nearest the road first (this stretch is in several separate pieces); each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.

Every byway in New Mexico Byways by state New Mexico on the camping map

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.