page_title: Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area
section_title: Scenic drives and byways
hierarchical_section_title: Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area / Natural areas / Scenic drives and byways
caption_attribution_description: English: Mission Church of Ranchos de Taos nave — at Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. The colonial era Spanish mission is on the National Register of Historic Places in Taos County. 1980 image courtesy of the federal HABS—Historic American Buildings Survey of New Mexico project (cropped).
context_page_description: Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The national heritage area includes a section of the upper Rio Grande Valley that has been inhabited by the Puebloan peoples since the early Pre-Columbian era.
  Three counties, Santa Fe, Taos, and Rio Arriba are included in the designated National Heritage Area. The Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area was authorized in 2006 by Public Law 109-338.
context_section_description: Scenic drives and byways with sections through parts of the heritage area include: 
  Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
  Puyé Scenic Byway
  El Camino Real National Scenic Byway
  Route 66 National Scenic Byway
  Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway
  Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway
  Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway
  High Road to Taos
caption: San Francisco de Asis Mission Church, Ranchos de Taos.
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