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Without hesitation, we will tell you that Santa Rosa is our favorite community in New Mexico! Sure, it doesn’t look like much as you fly by on the Interstate but if you would like a dietary diversion, this is where we have found the best Mexican food. This is a place to relax, chat with some very friendly people and listen to stories.
There are no major attractions for tourists wishing to make a brief stop but there is the very popular...
Santa Rosa Lake State
Park
- Seven miles north of Santa Rosa via NM-91 is the 3,800 acre
Santa Rosa Lake. The 500 acre State Park gives good access to the water
plus a few great hiking trails and a great opportunity to see some
eagles - and they are beautiful birds!
Take the Santa Rosa exit and follow I-40 Business to 2nd Street. Turn toward the Interstate (it is elevated above the city so you can easily see it), cross the tracks and turn right on Eddy Avenue. Drive to 8th Street and turn left, then under the Interstate to Jemez Avenue. Turn right and you are on NM-91. Just follow 91 to the lake - not quite 7 miles from town.
For more information, phone 1-505-472-3110. They also have a web page at
SRSP.
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Spend the night
- There are several hotels in Santa Rosa that offer discounts. We like
the Comfort Inn and not just because of it is the only one having an
indoor pool. And, they allow small pets (no, we don't have one).
It is at 3343 Will Rogers Blvd (this is old Route 66) midway
between exits 275 and 277 (on the east side of I-40 from downtown).
Make a reservation
at the Comfort Inn.
If you need a modem jack for your
notebook computer, you will need to reserve your room at the Best
Western Santa Rosa (there are two Best Western but only this one has a
modem jack.) They also allow small pets.
Make a reservation
at the Santa Rosa Inn.
Refueling Time? - If your vehicle can’t make it from Albuquerque to Amarillo
(or vice-versa) on one tank of fuel, this is where you’ll want to refuel.
Take the Santa Rosa exit, drive through town (watch your speed!) and return to I-40 at
the other exit.
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