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View of the first major crossing of the Rio Chama that the mule trains would make after leaving Abiquiu, New Mexico, the beginning of the trail route.
Documents
Scoping Report (August 2006)
Information
Old Spanish National Historic Trail (National Park Service )
Old Spanish National Historic Trail Comprehensive Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (National Park Service)
Public Comment Website (National Park Service)
National Scenic and Historic Trails Strategy and Work Plan
For more information on trail history (National Park Service)
Maps
The trail maps we shared at our public meetings are now available as pdf files. Maps are approximately 2MB in size. Click on the community names below to retrieve a map of the trail in that vicinity.
Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Abiquiu, NM
- Alamosa, CO
- Aztec, NM
- Barstow, CA
- Cedar City, UT
- Durango, CO
- Grand Junction, CO - Moab, UT
- Green RIver, UT
- Gunnison, CO
- Kayenta, AZ
- Las Vegas, NV
- Los Angeles, CA
- Mesquite, NV
- Page, AZ
- Pahrump, NV - Tecopa, CA
- Redlands-San Bernadino, CA
- Santa Fe, NM
- Taos, NM
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Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
The Bureau of Land Management and the National Park Service have just completed a 21-stop tour of the Old Spanish Trail route across the West as part of the development of a comprehensive management plan for the Old Spanish National Historic Trail.
Designated as part of the National Trails System in 2002, the trail route crosses six western states—New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California—and links some of the West's oldest communities from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, California.
The trail planning team met with over 350 people in communities along the trail, including Santa Fe, Taos, Abiquiu, and Aztec, New Mexico; Durango, Alamosa, Gunnison, and Grand Junction, Colorado; Green River, Moab, and Cedar City, Utah; Page, Kayenta, and Flagstaff, Arizona; Las Vegas, Mesquite, and Pahrump, Nevada; and Tecopa, Barstow, Redlands, and Los Angeles, California.
The scoping meetings revealed very strong public support for providing visitors with rewarding trail experiences on public lands and for building partnerships to get visitors “out on the trail” along its length. See the full scoping report for complete details of the meetings and public response to the trail planning effort.
We continue to welcome input to the planning as we work towards drafting plan alternatives and developing a draft Comprehensive Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement. We anticipate having a draft plan and environmental analysis document ready for public review in the fall of 2007. You may contact the planning leads at the addresses below.
Written comments and email should be addressed to:
Sarah Schlanger
New Mexico State Office
Bureau of Land Management
PO Box 27115
Santa Fe, NM 87502
Sarah_Schlanger@blm.gov |
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Aaron Mahr
National Park Service
P.O. Box 728
Santa Fe,
NM 87504
aaron_mahr@nps.gov |
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