Driving between Albuquerque and Arizona, you could easily be so put off by the parade of billboards and hoardings offering cut-price cigarettes and Indian jewelry that you'd miss out on some of central New Mexico's most interesting places, such as Ácoma Pueblo and Chaco Canyon , which lie south and north of I-40 respectively.

West of Albuquerque: I-40 to Arizona

• West of Albuquerque: I-40 to Arizona

Explore West of Albuquerque: I-40 to Arizona

• Chaco Canyon
• El Morro National Monument
• Gallup
• Grants
• Ácoma Pueblo

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