By Lindsey Kennedy on the Matador Network

THE ULTIMATE NEW MEXICO ROAD TRIP ITINERARY
HIS 1,411-MILE ROUTE takes you to three UNESCO World Heritage Sites and as many national monuments, art and historical sites unique to New Mexico, and scores of places to climb, camp, swim, stargaze, scuba dive, encounter alien life…and eat pie.

To get to the starting point of Chaco Canyon, you’ll enter the state via one of the highways in the Four Corners region (coming from Arizona, Utah, or Colorado), or fly into Albuquerque, rent a car, and make the 3-hour drive northwest on US-550. From Chaco, the route loops down through Las Cruces and then back up to Taos, giving you one incredible introduction to the Land of Enchantment.

READ MORE on Matador Network