Getting away from it all in NM (Las Cruces, Roswell: neighborhood, tax)

[GregW]

I have been looking for places to get away from it all. Try Google Street View of Mesa, NM for the current front runner.

[clairz]

Originally Posted by GregW

I have been looking for places to get away from it all. Try Google Street View of Mesa, NM for the current front runner.

I recently read an account somewhere on CD/NM by a woman (from Indiana, as I recall) who had been absolutely terrified by the drive between Clovis and Las Cruces because she never saw any other cars on the road.

Yep, this must be what she was thinking of.

I also recall a trip back east with my husband when we were driving along through traffic on some highway in southern New Hampshire. He suddenly said, "Look around you. You are seeing more cars in a single glance than we see in a whole year in New Mexico!"

Greg, you've got to get yourself down here. The difference in daily living stress levels is incredible!

~clairz

[Zoidberg]

Originally Posted by GregW

I have been looking for places to get away from it all. Try Google Street View of Mesa, NM for the current front runner.

Too much stuff in Mesa. Aside from the large-ish rest area, I think there's another building within sight. In fact, 5 times out of 10, there are other people at the rest area. Ugh.

But you're on the right track. I'd take one of the side roads off the 285 in that neighborhood, perhaps toward Corona or Ft. Sumner.

Still, for places with free bathrooms that are away from it all, Mesa's a pretty good contender.

[jaxart]

Originally Posted by Zoidberg

Too much stuff in Mesa.

Not only that, but US-285 is a four-lane highway there. Not exactly my idea of "getting away from it all." Traffic noise alone would drive me nuts.

Google Street View isn't going to show truly remote/isolated getaways. Satellite View is more helpful in this regard since even cattle trails can be discerned if the resolution of the photos is high enough.

[_yb]

If you really want desolate find something along 247 Between Corona and 285. The Claunch area on hwy 55 might also be your cup o tea if your looking to get away.

[GregW]

I will keep looking. Next trip scheduled for May after my spouse stops processing tax forms for H&R block.

[catman]

The stretch west of Tierra Amarilla is very desolate, although also pretty. It's much higher in elevation than it looks. Rolling countryside at 10400 feet!

NM is full of sparsely inhabited areas. That's one of the things I like about it. There's nothing like living in the teeming 6.3+ million people of the DFW Metroplex to turn one into a misanthrope.

[loborick]

Originally Posted by catman

The stretch west of Tierra Amarilla is very desolate, although also pretty. It's much higher in elevation than it looks. Rolling countryside at 10400 feet!

NM is full of sparsely inhabited areas. That's one of the things I like about it. There's nothing like living in the teeming 6.3+ million people of the DFW Metroplex to turn one into a misanthrope.

Living in DFW has turned you into a werewolf?

[desert sun]

Vaughn is pretty isolated and small, hardly any cars on the roads to and from.

[Danbo1957]

What are you looking for, just a source of water?

There are so many places that fit the OP description in New Mexico: any of the towns between Clovis and Roswell; between Clovis and San Jon, the Caprock is so cool. Semi-neat towns across the state that I have been to that you can consider:

Corona
Capitan
Mayhill
Magdalena
Reserve
Mimbres
Alma
Datil/Pietown/Quemado
Thoreau
Crownpoint
Cuba
Coyote (love this place)
Dixon
Dulce
Ocate

And anywhere in the Hi-Lo Country (Northeast quadrant) - Logan, Gladstone, and Roy are very isolated, but neat places.