The Camino Real (Socorro)

For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and Chihuahua to Santa Fe and Taos. First traveled by Juan de Onate during his 1598 expedition to New Mexico, the Camino Real followed the San Elizario, Socorro, and Ysleta Road, crossed the Rio Grande west of present downtown El Paso, and continued north into New Mexico. When the Rio Grande was established as the U.S. - Mexico boundary in 1848, this section of the old Camino Real became part of the United States. (1983)

The Camino Real is a historical marker in Socorro, El Paso County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in El Paso County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 140 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.6591, -106.3036 near Socorro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Socorro (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mission Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion Del Socorro, Socorro Mission La Purisima, and Socorro Mission.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5141000644. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.