New Mexico Routing

[exportman]

I drive a 32-foot motor home and have a toad. I have 2 questions about whether the roads are OK for me given my RV size.

1) From Artesia to Alamagordo is hwy 82 OK and not too narrow?
2) How about Roswell to San Antonio on hwy 70 to 380? Are the roads narrow or mountainous through Capitan?

Thanks so much

[RE_Todd]

4 lane highway all the way. 70 from Alamogordo to Roswell,
relief route south to Carlsbad. My mistake, relief route is 2 lane!!

kwright wrote:
How is 70/380 from Alamogordo and then down through Carlsbad?

[fanrgs]

kwright wrote:
How about 87 down into San Antonio, how is that road?

Are you talking about San Antonio,Texas? The others are talking about San Antonio, NM, the green chile cheeseburger capital of the world.

[kwright]

How about 87 down into San Antonio, how is that road?

[kwright]

EUBANK, how about coming down 18 into Stockton, is that better?

[kwright]

In Deming heading to Roswell, have you gone that way

[Second_Chance]

kwright wrote:
Just got off 60 to 70, great scenery! Thanks for the info

Glad you enjoyed it. Where are you now? (We're in Las Cruces.)

Rob

[kwright]

Just got off 60 to 70, great scenery! Thanks for the info

[kwright]

Thanks for the info, so we should be good?

[Atlee]

In 2014, I was going east to west. I turned north on US-285 at Fort Stockton on I-70. Followed US-285N to Carlsbad and toured Carlsbad Caverns NP. Then continued up US-285N to Roswell. Then turned west on US-70. I took US-70 because it is 4 lanes all the way. Kept going west on US-70 all the way to Las Cruces and picked up I-70 again. While coming down US-70 we did stop for a couple of hours at White Sands National Monument.

[kwright]

How is 70/380 from Alamogordo and then down through Carlsbad?

[exportman]

Loved all of these responses. So helpful. Re the video: it was interesting to watch. The music? I suppose the song wasn’t too bad but listening to it replayed over and over was challenging. At least it wasn’t rap or hip hop. LOL
Thanks everybody

[2gypsies1]

If you can put up with the music (or turn it off) here's a YouTube of the Cloudcroft drive. You can almost find any questionable highway on YouTube nowadays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7r_AToIJro

[frizzen]

I pull my 25 foot 5er up and down the hill between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft 3 or 4 times a year. Nothing to worry about. It has a few 6% grades and 35mph speed limits.

[rocmoc]

New Mexico has good RV friendly roads and camping locations. Have been up & down West road into Cloudcroft and no problem if you take your time. What isn't friendly are the micro-burst, thunder storms and hail during monsoon season. Had seven trees blown down around us with on hitting the MH in a NM State Park Campground. Insurance took care of repair! Headed back to NM again this summer.

rocmoc n AZ