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Obscure and Scenic New Mexico

To find obscure and scenic places to explore along your route, check out the Google Map and linked resource directory - download photos and detailed PDFs about each attraction.

Explore Jeff Gilkey's collection of out of the way, unusual places across "New Mexico", published in the NMPA Newsletter.  You can access the articles 3 ways.  

    1)   Document  Folder    
          Look up articles in our document library  

    2)   Google Map Page   
         Find spots on a 2D Google Map. 
         Go full screen by clicking on the "Google Map Page" button above.
         Click numbered icons on map or sidebar to generate a link to articles.

    3)  Use the map below, click on the icon in the upper left corner to toggle the sidebar.
  Click on the upper right [ ] icon to go full screen.

At Obscure and Scenic New Mexico, we have adopted a rather loose definition of "New Mexico", which includes regions within any of the states or territories named "New Mexico" or the Spanish Kingdom and Mexican Territory of Santa Fe de "Nuevo Mexico". 

Evolution of Borders of the Four Corner States

1850 - present

(graphic from Wikipedia.com)


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Spanish Kingdom and Mexican Territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico

1598 - 1848

(graphic from Wikipedia.com)