• Two-wheeled carretas carried goods up El Camino from Mexico City in 1598; walking the trail in the Jornada del Muerto, a scorching 90-mile stretch of El Camino wherein colonists had to leave the cool Rio Grande to continue their journey north

    El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro

    National Historic Trail NM,TX

Contact Us

National Trails Intermountain Region
National Park Service
PO Box 728
Santa Fe, NM 87504-0728

The National Trails Intermountain Regional staff is physically located in Santa Fe and in Salt Lake City at:

1100 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
Phone: 505-988-6098
Fax: 505-986-5214

324 South State Street, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Phone: 801-741-1012
Fax: 801-741-1102

Email: e-mail us

 

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail is coadministered by the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management.

BLM New Mexico State Office, Las Cruces District Office, 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005
BLM Trail Administration 575-525-4324

 

California National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/cali/
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/elca/
El Camino Real de los Tejas: http://www.nps.gov/elte/
Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/mopi/
Old Spanish National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/olsp/
Oregon National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/oreg/
Pony Express National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/poex/
Santa Fe National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/safe/
Trail of Tears National Historic Trail: http://www.nps.gov/trte/

Did You Know?

Traces of a dirt road, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, stretch across a southern New Mexico desert landscape

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro was used by settlers, missionaries, military, and traders for almost 300 years. When the railroad reached New Mexico in 1880, the Camino Real gradually fell into disuse. Today, Interstate-25 generally follows the historic route of the centuries-old trail.