Another
old map of Socorro, NM (GIF)
If you get lost, call your hotel (phone numbers given below) or one of the
following:
- Michael Rupen (LOC chair):
505/835-7248 (w), 505/835-0171 (h)
- Skip Lagoyda: 505/838-7407 (cell phone), 505/835-7318 (w),
505/835-4625 (h)
- Terry Romero: 505/835-7315 (w), 505/835-2250 (h)
There is a new rental car center at the Albuquerque Airport.
Instead of walking over to pick up your car at a nearby parking structure,
you are now shuttled off to a rental car center just southwest of the
airport on University Blvd. (not far from the words "Championship Golf
Course" on this
map [GIF]).
From the rental car center, you have two choices (both are easy):
- Turn left (south) onto University Blvd. as you leave the rental car
center.
- Cross under the bridge (there is a stop light) and then turn left --
this will put you on I-25 going South.
or
- Turn right (north) onto University Blvd. as you leave the rental car
center.
- Follow this until you cross under the bridge (at a stoplight) and
turn left (West) onto Sunport Blvd.
- Cross over another bridge and turn left at the stop sign -- this will
put you on I-25 going South.
Yet another option, for those who rememeber the Old Ways, is as follows:
- Leave airport on Yale Blvd, which will get you heading North (you have
no choice on this).
- The second stoplight on Yale will be Gibson Blvd. Turn left (West).
- After a few blocks, you'll see I-25. Take it going South (a left
turn).
Finally, now that you've made it onto I-25 going South, life is easy:
- When you see the exit for Socorro (exit 150), take it.
This will put you on California Avenue, the main street in
town, going South.
Socorro is about 75 miles south of Albuquerque, and the trip should take
a little over an hour.
- Take I-25 north from Las Cruces, and take either the first (exit 147)
or second (exit 150) exit for Socorro. Exit 147 will put you on
California Avenue going North; exit 150 will put you on
California Avenue going South.
Socorro is about 150 miles North of Las Cruces, and the trip should take
somewhat over 2 hours.
The conference motel (Holiday Inn) is on California Avenue, the main
street in town, as are two of the other Socorro motels;
there is also a third is just off that street, but easily visible from it;
and pretty much all the more distant motels in town are also on this street,
although a little further South.
Both I-25 exits to Socorro leave you on California, so the motels should
be easy to find.
- Holiday Inn Express 1100 N. California Ave.
(505) 838-0556, or (888) 526-4567
Holiday Inn is located on the East side of California, at the very North
end of town, just South of McDonald's and I-25's exit 150.
- Econo Lodge 713 N. California Ave. (505) 835-1500
Econo Lodge is located on the West side of California, South of College
Road (which has a stoplight) and adjacent to (North of) El Camino Real.
- Payless Inn 1009 N. California Ave. (505) 835-0276
Formerly known as the Vagabond Motel (and so marked on our Web map),
Payless is located on the West side of California, just North of Bullock
and Taco Bell.
- Super 8 Motel 1121 Frontage Road (505) 835-4626
To get to the Super 8, it's easiest to take the Northern Socorro exit
off I-25 (exit 150). Then take a right (West) at the very first
stoplight, onto Frontage Road; the Super 8 will be almost immediately on
your left after the turn. If you pass K-Bob's you've gone too far.
If you end up taking the Southern Socorro exit (147), it's still
very easy. Just stay on California all the way North and turn left
onto Frontage Road at the last stoplight in town, just past the McDonald's
and the Holiday Inn. Again the Super 8 will be almost immediately on
your left after the turn.
If this is confusing, see the
map of
Socorro [GIF; also available as
postscript),
which has the motels labelled.
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