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Visitors traveling on I-25
Take Interstate-25 exit 282B (St Francis/ US HWY 84/285) for Santa
Fe. Travel north on HWY285 for 19 miles; you will go straight through
the city. Exit onto State HWY502 near the Cities of Gold Casino
in Pojoaque. Travel west 11.5 miles, follow the signs to Bandelier
and merge onto HWY4. Travel west on HWY4 for 11.5 miles, through
the town of White Rock. The Bandelier Monument entrance is on the
left side of the road.
Scenic alternative route forthose
going north on I-25 Near Bernalillo, take Interstate-25
exit 232 (Rio Ranch) for US HWY550, continue for 23.5 miles. At
San Ysidro, exit ontoHWY4. Travel northeast over the mountains for
54 miles to the park entrance which will be on the right side of
the road. This is a good paved road that passes by the Valles Caldera
National Preserve. However, it does go above 9,000 feet in elevation
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Visitors
traveling from Taos
Take NM HWY68 (Paseo del Pueblo Sur) south for 47 miles. In Espanola,
turn right onto East Paseo de Onate (N HWY285/84); travel 3/4 mile
on this road across the Rio Grande. At the light, turn left onto
HWY30 (Los Alamos HWY) and travel south for 8.5 miles. Bear right
onto the HWY502 ramp and travel west for 2 miles. Then merge onto
HWY4 and travel west for 11.5 miles, through the town of White Rock.
The entrance to Bandelier will be on the left side of the road.
There is no public transportation to the monument available. Some
private tour companies include Bandelier on their guided bus tours.
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