Corrales Road
Corrales Road is a State Scenic Byway in New Mexico. Within New Mexico it covers roughly 7 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Corrales Road with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
Corrales Road Scenic Byway is a 6.7-mile drive on NM 448 through Corrales, a historic farming village along the Rio Grande just north of Albuquerque. The land traces back to a 1710 Spanish land grant to Corporal Francisco Montes y Vigil, later sold in 1712 to Captain Juan Jose Gonzales Bas, who built the extensive corrals that gave the village its name. Spanish colonists had already been farming this stretch of the middle Rio Grande since the 1540s, and the community's agricultural character survived both Mexican and American rule. In the 1860s, Italian and French settlers arrived with grapevines, laying the groundwork for the wine-making tradition Corrales is known for today. Along the byway, the historic San Ysidro Church and neighboring Casa San Ysidro preserve traditional Hispanic New Mexican adobe architecture. Rather than a long-distance drive, this is a slow, tree-lined route through orchards, vineyards, and farm stands — a quiet contrast to nearby Albuquerque, just minutes away.
- NM 448
- 6.7 miles
- Corrales village
- 1710 Spanish land grant
- San Ysidro Church
- 1860s wine-making heritage
- Rio Grande farmland
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.
Where to Stay along Corrales Road
1 campground or RV park sits within about 5 miles of Corrales Road.
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