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Highway 84 Rio Chama Corridor


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開発者 BarZ Adventures
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The Highway 84 Rio Chama Corridor celebrates the adventurer in you. Discover all there is to do along this breathtakingly beautiful, culturally rich Northern New Mexico highway. Youll find all the important visitor information, art galleries, shopping, restaurants, tours, hiking, lodging, camping, rafting, maps, tours, telephone numbers, websites—all you need to explore the Highway 84 from the town of Espanola, through OKeeffe Country and the village of Abiquiu and the Piedra Lumbre Valley then north to the town of Chama.

Visit Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu Home and Studio. Ride horseback through the actual landscapes she painted at Ghost Ranch. Explore the Native American cliff dwellings at Puye Cliffs. Bask in the aroma of the Purple Adobe Lavender Farm. Soak in an all natural hot springs at Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs & Spa. Summit the highest mountain pass ever reached by rail on the historic narrow gauge Cumbres & Toltic Scenic Railroad.

New Mexico’s Highway 84 is a four-lane highway as you’re heading out of Espanola. It’s officially US Highway 84/285 until the point where Highway 285 turns to head east to the town of Ojo Caliente, then north to Colorado. At this juncture, US Highway 84 becomes two lanes heading northwest, following the Chama River to the town of Chama and then beyond to the state of Colorado.

Drive this geographically amazing corridor along the Rio Chama as it winds from one land mass, the Rio Grande Rift, to the stunning red rocks of the Colorado Plateau land mass. Inspiration, ideas and planning—youll find this app offers you the insider’s view of one of New Mexicos stunning geographical treasures and hidden cultural gems.

The distance between Espanola and Chama, New Mexico is 80 miles.

The Chama River is an historic waterway. Not only is the landscape stunning, the land itself holds the story of life in this part of the world. Its legacy is what unfolds as you travel the route. Dinosaur quarries, Native American village ruins and artifacts, cattle ranches and cowboys, sheep, wool and fiber arts, painters and photographers, spiritual sites and cultural riches that are unique to this place and significant to the world.