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Located near Albuquerque, Sandia Foothills Open Space is a (4,500 step) 1.8-mile route with an elevation gain of around 298.5 ft, and it is considered a somewhat easy route. It contains approximately 2,650 acres of steel-sloped hills intersected by Underland drainages of the Sandia Mountains. These gravelly drainages support a wide variety of shrubs, including…

Website | 30 Tramway Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122 | +1 505-856-1532 Located adjacent to Albuquerque, The Sandia Peak Tramway is an aerial tramway that stretches from the northeast part of the city to Sandia Peak on the Sandia Mountain’s ridge line and has the world’s third longest single span. Sandia Peak Tramway is the…

13225 Menaul Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111 This loop trail is a 3.2 km out-and-back hiking trail near Albuquerque in the western foothills of the Sandia Mountains. It is generally considered a moderately challenging route, taking 1 hour and 30 minutes on average to complete. Dogs are welcome, but they must be on a leash.…

After over 300 years after Albuquerque’s first neighborhood founding, Old Town remains a center of art, culture, chopping, architecture, and cuisine. This neighborhood was established in 1706 after a group of Spanish families settled in this location, not far from the Rio Grande. The Spanish settlers organized their new site in a traditional colonial Spanish…