Las Cruces NM to Camp Verde AZ
Need opinions on best route from Las Cruces NM to Camp Verde AZ. We are leaving central Tx in a week to our sons wedding near Phoenix. We are staying overnight in Las Cruces and wondering best route a...
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NMDriver2 wrote:twodownzero wrote:
Just drove that route last week. It is steeper so I wouldn't be so sure you'll save fuel, but it is a nice drive in the mountains.
But you do not loose as much elevation from Las Cruces to Globe as you do going to Phoenix. You go a little higher between Glove and Camp Verde and then drop down but you do the same between Phoenix and Camp Verde. Overall miles spent climbing is not that different. That pull from Phoenix up I-17 is a long pull ;)
I was going the other way, Phoenix to LC. I took I-10 on the way out.
