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Santa Fe National Historic Trail
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Getting To the Santa Fe National Historic Trail

Plane

You can reach the trail by flying into a number of airports, including Kansas City, Jefferson City, and St. Louis, Missouri; Wichita, Topeka, Dodge City, Great Bend, and Garden City, Kansas; Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo, Colorado.

Car

You can reach most trail sites by auto or bicycle, or on foot. Some sites are along unpaved roads.

Public Transportation

Commercial bus service is available to many cities and towns along the trail.

 

A barbed wire fence and windmill are near the Point of Rocks formation on the Santa Fe National Historic Trail in New Mexico  

Did You Know?
Travel on the historic Santa Fe Trail moved in both directions, with Missouri traders heading for Santa Fe with goods, and Hispanic traders from New Mexico heading east to Missouri.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:23 EST