directions

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From Albuquerque:

  • From Albuquerque Airport, exit and take Sunport Road to I-25 North.
  • Take I-25 North for approximately 1 hour to Santa Fe.
  • Exit right at #282 / St. Francis Drive.
  • Travel 4.1 miles, then turn left onto West Alameda at the Burger King.
  • Proceed for 3.3 miles to Chicoma Vista (shortly after the roundabout, which you go straight through).
  • Turn right onto Chicoma Vista, a dirt and gravel road with a blue-domed Russian Orthodox Church on the corner.
  • 1/2 mile down, turn right at #712. (If you come to what appears to be a dry riverbed, you just missed the turn.)
  • Proceed down the long driveway to the 3-story house, which is purplish with a green roof.
  • Please note that the speed on Chicoma Vista is 15 mph.


From Albuquerque, alternate route

On the new bypass, Route 599/relief route (a bit more direct, 10 minutes shorter).

  • Exit I-25 at Route 599, #276, heading north to Española/Taos.
  • Go straight through the first traffic light.
  • Go straight through the second traffic light at Airport Road and continue 4.5 miles further, keeping a lookout for a set of overhanging street lights on both sides of the highway.
  • Turn right onto the ramp at the street lights (there is a small sign for County Road 70).  
  • At the stop sign at the end of the ramp, turn left (this is Alameda, though unmarked).
  • Go 0.2 mile to Chicoma Vista and turn left onto it, proceeding ½ mile to #712, where you turn right into the long driveway to Suitable Digs.
  • Please note that the speed on Chicoma Vista is 15 mph.


From Colorado and points north

  • From I-25, take exit #282 / St. Francis Drive.
  • Travel 4.1 miles, then turn left onto West Alameda at the Burger King.
  • Proceed for 3.3 miles to Chicoma Vista (shortly after the roundabout, which you go straight through).
  • Turn right onto Chicoma Vista, a dirt and gravel road with a blue-domed Russian Orthodox Church on the corner.
  • 1/2 mile down, turn right at #712 and down the long driveway to Suitable Digs, a purplish 3 story building with a green roof.
  • Please note that the speed on Chicoma Vista is 15 mph.