Camino Real in New Mexico

The Camino Real in New Mexico was the northern part of a historic roadway known as the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro that from 1598 ran from Mexico City northward through central and northern Mexico and the Trans-Pecos part of what is now Texas to San Juan Pueblo (Ohkay Owingeh) in Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico, now the state of New Mexico.

Road sections on the National Register of Historic Places

Fourteen sections of the Camino Real (El Camino Real) in New Mexico were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2018.

Some or all of them are parts of the Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (transl. Royal Road of the Interior Land), which was an historic 2,560-kilometre-long (1,590 mi) trade route between Mexico City and San Juan Pueblo, from 1598 to 1882. It was the northernmost of the four major "royal roads" that linked Mexico City to its major tributaries during and after the Spanish colonial era.^[1]

The listings are by county from the south to north:

• Doña Ana County (this county is on the border with Mexico)
  • 11000172 Camino Real–Rincon Arroyo–Perrillo Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] Rincon Rincon Arroyo Perrillo
  • 11000166 Camino Real–San Diego North South Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] Radium Springs
  • 11000165 Camino Real–San Diego South, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] Rincon
• Sierra County (adjacent, to north of Doña Ana County)
  • 11000171 Camino Real–Point of Rocks Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] northeast of Rincon, in the vicinity of the Point of Rocks, Sierra County
  • 11000163 Camino Real–Yost Draw Section, south of Aleman, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] north northeast of Point of Rocks, southeast of Aleman in Sierra County Yost Draw
  • 11000167 Camino Real–Jornada Lakes Section, north of Aleman but south of Engle, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] in Sierra County Jornada Lakes

• Socorro County (adjacent, to north of Sierra County)
  • 11000173 Camino Real–Qualacu Pueblo, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] east of the vicinity of San Antonio Qualacu Pueblo
  • 11000164 Camino Real–San Pascual Pueblo, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] southeast of the vicinity of San Antonio, New Mexico San Pascual Pueblo
  • 14000898 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro–Arroyo Alamillo North Section, NRHP-listed November 5, 2014, vicinity of San Acacia^[3][4]

La Bajada Hill switchbacks, viewed from above on La Bajada Mesa, with La Bajada, New Mexico, in the valley of the Santa Fe River below

• Santa Fe County (further to the north)
  • 11000169 Camino Real–Alamitos Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[5] Santa Domingo Pueblo.
  • 11000168 Camino Real–La Bajada Mesa Section, Santa Fe, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2] La Bajada Mesa
  • 11000170 Camino Real–Canon de las Bocas Section, NRHP-listed April 8, 2011,^[2]Santa Fe Canon de las Bocas
  • 13000774 El Rancho de las Golondrinas Section–El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Santa Fe
  • 13000775 La Cieneguilla South Section–El Camino Real de Tierra Adento, September 25, 2013, La Cienega^[6]
  • 100002204 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro–La Bajada North Section, listed March 19, 2018, La Cienega
  • 100002205 El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro–La Bajada South Section, listed March 19, 2018, La Cienega

Camino Real–Jornada Lakes Section
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Engle
Area	98 acres (40 ha)
Built	1598
MPS	Camino Real in New Mexico, AD 1598–1881 MPS
NRHP reference No.	11000167[7]
Added to NRHP	April 8, 2011

Camino Real–Jornada Lakes Section, near Engle, dates from 1598. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It has also been denoted LA 71818.^[8]

References

1. Snyder, Rachel Louise. "Camino RealArchived 1 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine" American Heritage, April/May 2004.
2. "Weekly List". National Park Service. February 2, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
3. El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro–Arroyo Alamillo North Section
4. weekly
5. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/11000169, although not covered in any NPS Weekly list announcement
6. La Cieneguilla South Section–El Camino Real de Tierra Adento
7. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
8. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Camino Real-Jornada Lakes Section / LA 71818". National Park Service. Retrieved August 8, 2019. With accompanying pictures

External links

• El Camino Real north of Albuquerque, photo at National Archives
• El Camino Real in downtown Bernalillo, photo at National Archives
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NM-15, "La Bajada Historic Trails and Roads, Approximately 1 mile East/Northeast of intersection of State Highway 16 and Indian Service Road 841, La Bajada, Santa Fe County, NM", 19 photos, 6 measured drawings, 27 data pages, 3 photo caption pages