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New Mexico Road Trips

New Mexico has 60 mapped road trip routes covering cities across the state. Major departure hubs include Hobbs, NM, Gallup, NM and Clayton, NM. The average drive from a New Mexico city covers about 400 miles, with options ranging from quick day trips to multi-day cross-state adventures.

Routes

60

Avg Distance

400 mi

Longest Drive

532.6 mi

Clayton, NM → Sunland Park, NM

Quickest Drive

5h 11m

Thoreau, NM → Sunland Park, NM

New Mexico Route Map

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Major Hubs in New Mexico

Browse city-level route pages with detailed trip planning for each hub.

All Routes from New Mexico

Clayton, NM → Sunland Park, NM

532.6 mi 9h 28m

Hobbs, NM → Waterflow, NM

509.5 mi 10h 14m

Hobbs, NM → Spencerville, NM

492.5 mi 9h 52m

Clayton, NM → Las Cruces, NM

492.5 mi 8h 43m

Hobbs, NM → Aztec, NM

488.7 mi 9h 46m

Hobbs, NM → Lee Acres, NM

483.6 mi 9h 36m

Bloomfield, NM → Hobbs, NM

479 mi 9h 33m

Upper Fruitland, NM → Carlsbad, NM

458.5 mi 8h 53m

Raton, NM → Las Cruces, NM

450.4 mi 7h 39m

Hobbs, NM → Navajo, NM

442.9 mi 9h 46m

Bloomfield, NM → Sunland Park, NM

430.7 mi 7h 42m

Anthony, NM → Farmington, NM

428.7 mi 7h 43m

Black Rock, NM → Carlsbad, NM

422.5 mi 8h 19m

Las Cruces, NM → Waterflow, NM

420.1 mi 7h 40m

Clayton, NM → Farmington, NM

418.7 mi 7h 48m

Questa, NM → Sunland Park, NM

416.2 mi 7h 56m

Gallup, NM → Carlsbad, NM

412 mi 7h 38m

Aztec, NM → Deming, NM

410.2 mi 7h 44m

Clayton, NM → Gallup, NM

407.4 mi 6h 3m

Portales, NM → Farmington, NM

406.5 mi 7h 46m

Alamogordo, NM → Waterflow, NM

406 mi 7h 48m

Carlsbad, NM → Church Rock, NM

405.5 mi 7h 33m

Carlsbad, NM → Crownpoint, NM

405.3 mi 7h 42m

Aztec, NM → Las Cruces, NM

398.9 mi 7h 11m

Clovis, NM → Arenas Valley, NM

397.8 mi 8h 3m

Flora Vista, NM → Clovis, NM

397.4 mi 7h 30m

Spencerville, NM → Clovis, NM

396.5 mi 7h 31m

Dexter, NM → Farmington, NM

396 mi 7h 41m

Dulce, NM → Las Cruces, NM

390.7 mi 7h 24m

Bloomfield, NM → Las Cruces, NM

390.6 mi 6h 57m

Alamogordo, NM → Farmington, NM

390.3 mi 7h 26m

Zuni Pueblo, NM → Artesia, NM

390.2 mi 7h 45m

Hobbs, NM → Silver City, NM

384.6 mi 7h 16m

Las Vegas, NM → Sunland Park, NM

383.7 mi 6h 37m

Clovis, NM → Columbus, NM

383.3 mi 7h 49m

Navajo, NM → Las Cruces, NM

381.6 mi 6h 59m

Gallup, NM → Atoka, NM

381.6 mi 7h 2m

Alamogordo, NM → Lee Acres, NM

380 mi 7h 11m

Roswell, NM → Farmington, NM

376.5 mi 7h 13m

Gallup, NM → Santa Teresa, NM

376.1 mi 6h 39m

Clayton, NM → Carlsbad, NM

375.4 mi 7h 5m

Twin Lakes, NM → Clovis, NM

371.6 mi 6h 42m

Las Vegas, NM → Anthony, NM

368.2 mi 6h 17m

Roswell, NM → Lee Acres, NM

366.2 mi 6h 57m

Ruidoso, NM → Farmington, NM

365.6 mi 7h

Las Cruces, NM → Arroyo Seco, NM

363.3 mi 6h 58m

Hobbs, NM → Laguna, NM

361.9 mi 7h 12m

Carlsbad, NM → Questa, NM

360.8 mi 7h 35m

Gallup, NM → Berino, NM

358.7 mi 6h 20m

Gallup, NM → Clovis, NM

357.3 mi 6h 23m

Jemez Pueblo, NM → Hobbs, NM

356.2 mi 7h 21m

Taos Pueblo, NM → Las Cruces, NM

355.1 mi 6h 42m

Farmington, NM → Capitan, NM

353.4 mi 6h 42m

Gallup, NM → San Miguel, NM

353.2 mi 6h 13m

Taos, NM → Las Cruces, NM

352.1 mi 6h 34m

Gallup, NM → Mesquite, NM

350.7 mi 6h 9m

White Rock, NM → Chaparral, NM

350.6 mi 6h 25m

Deming, NM → Gallup, NM

349.3 mi 6h 28m

Thoreau, NM → Sunland Park, NM

347.4 mi 5h 11m

Hobbs, NM → Tome, NM

347.1 mi 7h 3m

Routes to New Mexico

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New Mexico Road Trip FAQ

US Trip Planner currently has 60 mapped road trip routes starting from or ending in New Mexico, with drive times ranging from 5h 11m to 9h 28m.
Every route page includes turn-by-turn distance, estimated drive time, fuel cost calculator, elevation profile, weather conditions, EV charging stations along the way, and a drive-vs-fly comparison.
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