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.
What you’ll hear
The Trailtold tour of Old Spanish National Historic Trail covers 37 GPS-triggered places across AZ and CA and CO and NV and NM and UT, including Cajon Pass, Los Luceros and Cerro Summit. Pocket your phone and each story plays on its own as you arrive.
- Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery
- Amargosa Canyon
- Big Rock Candy Mountain Bike Trailhead
- Cajon Pass
- Canon Largo ATV Trailhead
- Cerro Summit
- Colorado Welcome Center, Fruita
- Courthouse Rock Campsite
- Curecanti National Recreation Area, the Old Spanish Trail
- Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area
- El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument
- El Santuario de Chimayo
- Fort Uncompahgre Interpretive Center
- Green River Gap
- Head Rock on the Old Spanish Trail
- Idol Rock on the Old Spanish Trail
- John Wesley Powell River History Museum
- Juan Matias Sanchez Adobe
- Kokopelli's Trailhead, McInnis Canyon National Conservation Area
- Late Night Trailhead
- Los Luceros
- Mission San Gabriel Archangel
- Mojave National Preserve, the Old Spanish Trail
- Mojave River Valley Museum
- Montrose Public Lands Center
- Muddy Creek, Emery County
- Museum of the San Rafael
- Museum of the West Old Spanish Trail North Branch
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Old Spanish Trail Heritage Loop
- Rabbits Ear Trailhead, McInnis Canyon National Conservation Area
- Richfield Visitor Center
- Saguache Community Park
- Saguache County Museum
- Saguache Ranger District
- Upper Cottonwood Wash
- Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum
Hear it on Trailtold
Download the app and let Old Spanish National Historic Trail narrate itself as you walk — GPS-triggered audio, hands-free.
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