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New Mexico State #80 Highway Guide

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0.0
0.0		 Welcome to New Mexico ' The Land Of Enchantment '
 Arizona/New Mexico Border. Roadside highway turnout. East side highway paved. No services.
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0.0		 Photo New Mexico highway # 80 highway sign
 View from highway.
0.0
0.0		 View from highway
 Driving north.
1.5
2.4		 Alda Road
1.7
2.7		 Community of Rodeo, New Mexico
 Rodeo, New Mexico is located in Hidalgo county
1.9
3.1		 Roadside highway turnout with historical information sign.
 The El Paso & Southwestern Railroad was constructed in 1902 by Phelps, Dodge & company, to link the El Paso Texas copper mines of Bisbee Arizona. New Mexico Highway # 9 the 'Border Route' between Columbus and Rodeo,Parallels the railway line and actually utilizes a portion of the abandoned railroad bed. The Southern Pacific's ' Golden State Limited' and Californian passenger train passed through Rodeo untill 1952.
1.9
3.1
View from highway of community of Rodeo, New Mexico.
2.2
3.5		 Access to R.V. park
2.3
3.7		 Access to Ned Hall Community Park
 West side of highway.
4.5
7.2		 Junction of Highway #553
 West to Chiricahua National Monument. A volcanic eruption of gigantic proportions (1000 times greater than Mount St. Helen's 1980 eruption) occurred around Chiricahua National Monument 27 million years ago. Two thousand feet of highly silicious ash and pumice came down from the Turkey Creek Caldera, forming a mixture called rhyolitic tuff. This substance eventually eroded into what are now spires and unusual rock formations. Cruise the 8-mile scenic drive to Massai Point, tour Faraway Ranch, hike the Echo Canyon Loop trail (3.5 miles).
4.5
7.2		 Access to Coronado National Forest Area.
 West of highway. The Coronado National Forest covers 1,780,000 acres of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. Elevations range from 3000 feet to 10,720 feet in twelve widely scattered mountain ranges or 'sky islands' that rise dramatically from the desert floor.
7.8
12.6		 Junction of Highway #9
 Animas Road. East to communities of Animas, New Mexico, Playas, New Mexico, Hachita, New Mexico.
8.3
13.3		 View from highway
 Driving north.
10.9
17.6		 R Bar Road
 East side of highway.
16.5
26.5		 View from highway.
 Driving north.
22.1
35.5		 McCarty Road
 West of highway.
23.8
38.3		 Junction of Roadway #545
 East to community of Cotton City, New Mexico.
25.7
41.3
View from highway.
31.6
50.9		 Junction of Interstate Highway #10
 East to cities of Lordsburg, New Mexico, Las Cruces, New Mexico, El Paso, TX. West to Stein's Ghost Town. West to communities of Bowie, Fort Bowie National Historic Site. The bitter conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the U.S. military is memorialized in the 1,000 acres comprising Fort Bowie. For more than 30 years Fort Bowie and Apache Pass were the focal point of military operations eventually culminating in the surrender of Geronimo in 1886 and the banishment of the Chiricahuas to Florida and Alabama.
31.6
50.9		 Junction of Interstate Highway #10
 For continuation of travel east, see Milebymile.com New Mexico Interstate # 10 Arizona / New Mexico State Line to Texas / New Mexico State Line - Start / Finish of Highway Travel Guide - Se