No: 1384
Access Public
Visible Yes
Name Billy the Kid Trail, New Mexico Type 1 Route Historic
Type 2 Location [multiple]Region NM
Country USA
Phone Web byways.org/explore/byways/2062
Video Month Rate High
Plan N
Done Y
Comments A mountainous loop from Ruidoso visits Wild West sites associated with the gunfighter Billy the Kid. The Byway Interpretive Center and Hubbard Museum of the American West provide background. At Lincoln State Monument, see the courthouse where, in 1881, Billy the Kid awaited hanging, before his escape. He died in a gunfight at Fort Sumner.
PLANNING: Allow at least three hours. The 84-mile (135 km) route follows U.S. 70, 380, and N. Mex. 48.