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:

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
Camino Real–Jornada Lakes Section
Nearest cityEngle
Area98 acres (40 ha)
Built1598
MPSCamino Real in New Mexico, AD 1598–1881 MPS
NRHP reference No.11000167[7]
Added to NRHPApril 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "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