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2 unusual facts about U.S. Route 180


U.S. Route 180

Four National Parks can be accessed on the highway, Grand Canyon National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and Carlsbad Caverns National Park.

Shortly after following South Navajo Boulevard, however, US 180 follows a South-Southeast route, running by the Petrified Forest National Park and continuing South-Southeast to and through a small branch of the Zuni Indian Reservation, to St. Johns, Apache County, Arizona where it meets U.S. Route 191.


Blue Range Wilderness

It is located on the western border of New Mexico where it adjoins the Blue Range Primitive Area of Arizona and west of U.S. Route 180 between Reserve and Glenwood.

Whitewater Baldy

It lies about 15 mi (24 km) east of the town of Glenwood (on U.S. Route 180).


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