Rail Trail

The route follows the still operational Santa Fe Southern Line from Santa Fe Depot to Lamy Depot.  The trail has three portions:  the potion within the Santa Fe City Limits is paved and well populated by bikes, joggers and pedestrians.  Leaving the southern city limit at Rabbit Road, the bike trail is dirt, but has been recently re-graded and hard packed for about 2 miles. At that point it joins onto a gravel trail heading west to the commmunity college where you can return to the city if you like a shorter route.  Venturing further south, though, the trail is rough.  Care in riding is required here as the trail goes through some deep sand traps that can toss you over the handlebars (personal experience with this).  It's not dangerous if you take it slow and keep you eye on what's ahead.  No road bikes can pass through this section, but its fine with a dirt or other fat-tire bike.  Return by the same route, or on the roads from Lamy, via US 285.