Santa Fe Rail Trail | |
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Length | 15 mi (24 km)[1] |
Location | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States |
Established | July 2010[1] |
Trailheads | Zia Road Rabbit Road Nine Mile Road Avenida Vista Grande Avenida Eldorado Highway 285 |
Use | Commuting, Hiking, Trail running, Mountain Biking |
Season | All year |
Hazards | Dehydration |
Surface | paved, natural |
The Santa Fe Rail Trail is a multi-use trail, part of the trail system in the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The trail begins at the Santa Fe Depot, in the Railyard arts district, and ends at U.S. Route 285, near Lamy, New Mexico and the Lamy station. An example of Rails with trails, it parallels the New Mexico Rail Runner Express tracks to roughly I-25, where it then continues along the Santa Fe Southern Railway. The Santa Fe Rail trail is 15 miles long, is asphalted for the first 3.5 miles, and improved natural surface for 11.5 miles. The last few miles between Eldorado and US-285 is unimproved natural surface.