Scenic route
Enchanted Circle
A loop out of Taos that circles Wheeler Peak — New Mexico’s highest — through alpine valleys, old mining towns, and the artists’ light that drew Georgia O’Keeffe.
Why drive it
A high-desert loop around New Mexico’s tallest peak.
Stack it with the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, the ski village of Red River, and the D.H. Lawrence and Vietnam memorials. Aspens blaze gold in late September.
States on this route
The signature stops
What to pull over for.
Plan the drive
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