Shortcut

Shortcut: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this heritage site: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Shortcut

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Shortcut — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 36.41621, -105.56978. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Shortcut

• Kit Carson Memorial State Park · sanctuary · Taos · ~1 km · Must-see
• Millicent Rogers Museum · museum · Taos · ~5 km · Must-see
• San Francisco De Asissi Church · church · Taos · ~9 km · Must-see
• Pueblo Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~14 km · Must-see
• Cantonment Burgwin-1852-1860 Historical Marker · park · Taos · ~20 km · Must-see
• Rio Grande Gorge Bridge · sanctuary · Taos · ~20 km · Must-see
• Vallecito Mountain · viewpoint · Taos · ~20 km · Must-see
• Manby Hot Springs · attraction · Taos · ~21 km · Must-see
• Black Rock Hot Spring · attraction · Taos · ~23 km · Must-see
• Lake Fork Peak · lake · Taos · ~23 km · Must-see
• Williams Lake · lake · Taos · ~25 km · Must-see
• Wheeler Peak · viewpoint · Taos · ~26 km · Must-see
• Palo Flechado Pass Historical Marker · park · Taos · ~26 km · Must-see
• Blue Lake · lake · Taos · ~26 km · Must-see
• Mount Walter · viewpoint · Taos · ~27 km · Must-see
• Columbine-Hondo Wilderness · sanctuary · Taos · ~30 km · Must-see
• Gold Hill · viewpoint · Taos · ~34 km · Must-see
• Black Lakes · lake · Colfax · ~40 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Shortcut

Other forts & heritage near Shortcut

• Posi Pueblo · fort · Taos · ~57 km · Must-see
• St. James Hotel · fort · Colfax · ~74 km · Must-see
• Jemez Mountains Historic Marker · fort · Santa Fe · ~95 km · Must-see
• Puye Cliff Dwellings · fort · Rio Arriba · ~96 km · Must-see
• Tsankawi Pueblo · fort · Santa Fe · ~106 km · Must-see
• Fort Marcy (ruins) · fort · Santa Fe · ~109 km · Must-see
• Palace of the Governors · fort · Santa Fe · ~109 km · Must-see
• Soldiers' Monument · fort · Santa Fe · ~109 km · Must-see
• Tsirege Pueblo Ruins · fort · Los Alamos · ~110 km · Must-see
• Santa Fe on the Camino Real · fort · Santa Fe · ~115 km · Must-see

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