Best Route To Santa Fe NM from Michigan

What does "Best Route" mean to you?
Shortest route?
Flatest route?
Most scenic / enjoyable route?
Route with the cheapest fuel?
Route with roads in the best condition?
Route with no toll roads?

Bill

Make your way down to Chicago country, get on Route 66 and follow it to just past Santa Rosa, NM. Then you turn northwest on old Route 66 (pre-1937) and go right to Santa Fe.
:)
Lynn

I'd go through Colorado and south. Way more enjoyable ride than across Oklahoma and Texas. I have done both in the same trip, and I only go the Colorado route now.

twodownzero wrote:
I'd go through Colorado and south. Way more enjoyable ride than across Oklahoma and Texas. I have done both in the same trip, and I only go the Colorado route now.

x2

North to Taos, pick up I-25 and head to Colorado.

Unless you are looking for fastest route, I would cross Kansas to Pueblo, continuing west to Poncha Springs, then south on 285 to Santa Fe. Scenic and no mountain passes of any note.

Should be ok either way.

Be aware, they don't call it the "great plains" for nothing. It is greatly plain. Hours of fields and corn and cows.

North to the UP, US2 to Montana, US89 south

paulj wrote:
North to the UP, US2 to Montana, US89 south

Can't go wrong with US-2, it's a beautiful route.

As was mentioned earlier, it all depends on how you plan on making the trip and the timing. Going through Oklahoma is probably your shortest / fastest route, but some of those interstates are quite rough. If you have more time, I25 through Colorado is more scenic.
If you have a LOT more time, taking US highways instead of interstates is more relaxed, and you see a lot more of the country.
Have a good trip!