Looking west towards Cuba
The Jemez Mountain Trail turns rustic on this gravel section near Fenton Lake State Park.

New Mexico State Road 126 (NM 126) is a 39.654-mile-long (63.817 km) state highway in New Mexico, United States. NM 126's western terminus is in the small town of Cuba, at U.S. Route 550 (US 550). The route passes through the Nacimiento Mountains and Jemez Mountains, along the southern boundary of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness, then descends past Fenton Lake to the small, unincorporated community of La Cueva (east of Jemez Springs), where it ends at NM 4.

The highway is a part of the Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway. It is paved near Cuba and La Cueva, but is a graded dirt road for much of its middle section. This section is usually closed during the winter months, and may be impassable for a few days at other times because of muddy conditions resulting from rainstorms.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Sandoval County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Cuba0.0000.000US 550Bloomfield, BernalilloWestern terminus
39.65463.817NM 4Jemez Pueblo, White RockEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  • U.S. Roads portal

External links

Geographic data related to at OpenStreetMap