Old Spanish National Historic Trail
Old Spanish National Historic Trail is part of the National Trails System. It is not a park unit.
Follow the routes of mule pack trains across the Southwest on the Old Spanish National Historic Trail between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles, California. New Mexican traders moved locally produced merchandise across what are now six states to exchange for mules and horses.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
There are no user or entry fees for the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. Nominal fees may be charged at some trail-related federal, state, or locally owned historic sites and interpretive facilities. Please contact individual sites for more specific fee information.
Hours
| Old Spanish National Historic Trail | Daily · All Day |
No campgrounds, no webcams or events in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.
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Trails and hikes
These are the walks the Park Service lists for Old Spanish. Each one opens on the Park Service site.
- Become an Old Spanish Trail Junior Ranger
Learn about the Old Spanish Trail and earn your junior ranger badge! This activity can be completed virtually or after visiting a site along the Old Spanish National Historic Trail. Worksheets can be submitted either electronically or by mail.
These are named Forest Service trails on National Forest land within 15 miles of Old Spanish. Each one opens on Trailhead Atlas.
Distance is measured to the nearer end of the trail. Every named Forest Service trail on Trailhead Atlas.
Films
National Park Service productions, public domain.
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
Guidebooks for Arizona's national parks and the Southwest
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject.
Reference
Activities
Activity guides for this park Hiking in the national parks · Horseback riding in the national parks
Questions people ask
Does Old Spanish charge an entrance fee?
No. Old Spanish is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
Is Old Spanish open year-round?
Yes. The grounds are open 24 hours a day, year-round.
Source: National Park Service
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- Every active Park Service alert for this unit, one item each, rebuilt with the nightly data refresh.
- Add dates to your calendar (.ics file)
- Fee-free entrance days that apply here and each published hours exception, as all-day events.
