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SANTA FE, N.M., May 19, 2026—Santa Fe County is hosting a ribbon cutting at the newly completed Arroyo Hondo Trail Segments 2 & 3, Thursday, June 4, at 2:30 p.m., at the Rancho Viejo Fire Station Trailhead, located at 37 Rancho Viejo Boulevard. The public is welcome to attend. Trailhead parking is just west of the Rancho Viejo Fire Station parking lot.

The Arroyo Hondo Trail is a six-mile multi-use and recreational trail connecting the Rail Runner Station at NM-599, Santa Fe Community College, and the I-25/Cerrillos Road Interchange. It’s designed to connect neighborhoods, commercial centers, and open space in the Santa Fe Community College District. The Arroyo Hondo Trail consists of five segments, with two left to complete, including Segment 1, which will go from the Turquoise Trail Subdivision to the NM-599 Rail Runner station, and Segment 5, which will be built adjacent to Richards Avenue. The system connects to the east-west trending Spur Trail which then connects to the Santa Fe Rail Trail, which provides access north to the Santa Fe Railyard Park or south to Lamy.

The new segments add 2.8 miles of concrete, multi-use trailway to the system. Segment 2 begins at the Rancho Viejo Fire Station Trailhead and proceeds west to the Turquoise Trail Sports Park along NM-14. This section has a 90-foot pedestrian bridge that crosses the Arroyo Hondo. Segment 3 starts at the trail intersection northeast of the Rancho Viejo Fire Station and proceeds to Richards Avenue, with additional spurs to Avenida del Sur and Velocity Road roundabouts.

The Arroyo Hondo Trail was designated as a District Trail in the Community College District Plan, and can be found in the Santa Fe County Open Space, Trails and Parks Strategic Management Plan, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners in January 2019.

The project cost just under $5 million and was funded through Tribal/Local Public Agency (T/LPA) resources, administered by the New Mexico Department of Transportation. Santa Fe County matched 14.6% of the total cost and will be reimbursed up to 85.4% through Federal T/LPA grants. To qualify for the funding, the project complied with the Build America, Buy America Act, ensuring that the steel, cement, and other construction materials were produced in the United States.

Meridian Contracting was awarded the bid for construction, Bohannan Huston provided construction oversight, and OTAK engineering designed the entire network, while also acting as a liaison between Santa Fe County and the New Mexico Department of Transportation.

Santa Fe County Open Space, Trails, and Parks manages 70 miles of trails, 9,400 acres of open space, and 18 parks. Please follow the County’s basic Rules & Regulations when visiting all open space, trails, and parks. Read our online guide for tips on how to tread lightly when visiting these places.

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