Great Drives: The High Road to Taos

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Related Links
Great Drives: To the Great Plains and the unexpected country beyond
Great Drives: The Santa Fe Century ride
The car we drove on this route
Relevant Downloads
Download the High Road to Taos drive

Drive
August 1, 2007

As spring arrives in Santa Fe, it’s time to pull the cover off the sports car, check fluid levels and tire pressures, lower the top, pull on the string-backs and set out to enjoy the pleasures of New Mexico highways and byways.

What must be considered the classic Northern New Mexico drive is the route known as the High Road to Taos. — Bob Hall

Drive great New Mexico roads

So far we’ve printed Great Drives maps of the High Road to Taos, the Santa Fe Century bike ride and across the Great Plains to the Canadian River Canyon. If you missed these route maps in the print edition of Drive, you can download them here in pdf form.

Then tell us about your favorite roads

We want to do more routes like these, but we need your help:
What are some of your favorite trips in Northern New Mexico?
What makes these drives special for you? What should we be sure to see along the way?
What car would be ideal for us to take on your favorites?
We’ll print the best ones to share with everyone and use your name if you like.

E-mail Jay Binneweg at drive@sfnewmexican.com

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