New Mexico North (page 5 of 5)

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Trip Tips Length: About 410 miles, plus side trips.

When to go: Popular year-round.

Words to the wise: Roads can be icy and snow packed in winter and early spring.

Not to be missed: Northern Navajo Nation Fair (October), Shiprock.

Nearby attractions: Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec. Bisti Wilderness and Chaco Culture National Historical Park, south of Farmington. Heron Lake State Park, near Rutheron. Kit Carson Home and Museum, Taos.

Further information: New Mexico Tourism Depart m e n t, 491 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87503; tel. 800-545- 2040, www.newmexico.org

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