Theodore Roosevelt Presidential LibraryPublic Lands Directory

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Overview

Travel along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail to experience and learn from a complicated legacy of 300 years of conflict, cooperation, and cultural exchange between a variety of empires—European and non-European alike.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

  • Arts and Culture
  • Theater
  • Auto and ATV
  • Scenic Driving
  • Hiking
  • Junior Ranger Program
  • Museum Exhibits

Plan your visit

Hours

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail: El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail is not a clearly marked hiking trail. Instead it is a route that passes through communities, urban areas, public lands, and Wilderness. The route travels across a variety of land ownerships and management, including private land. Beyond the United States, the trail reaches Mexico City, Mexico. Each location varies as to the hours of operations and access. Please contact individual trail sites before your visit for more information.

Getting there

You can visit many sites along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail over the 404-mile U.S. historic route (with thousands of additional miles in Mexico) that crosses New Mexico and Texas.

Weather

Due to the length of El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail, be sure to consult local weather sources for the region you'll be visiting. Check out the forecast with the National Weather Service and search for the area you'd like to visit: weather.gov

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Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

adobe buildings including two beehive-looking ovens with people in a courtyard
El Rancho de las Golondrinas, La Cienega, New Mexico · NPS
shrubby desert scene with people walking under a cloud-filled sky
Jornada del Muerto, County Roads A013 & E070, Sierra & Doña Ana Counties, New Mexico · NPS
fort ruins in the sunlight with cottonwood trees on the left
Fort Selden Historic Site, Radium Springs, New Mexico · NPS
large white chapel under blue sky
Presidio Chapel of San Elizario, Mission Trail, El Paso, Texas · NPS

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