en New Mexico State Road 126

State Road 126
State Road 126
	NM 126 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by NMDOT
Length	39.654 mi (63.817 km)
Tourist; routes	Part of Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end	US 550 in Cuba
East end	NM 4 near Jemez Springs
Location
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
Counties	Sandoval
Highway system
	New Mexico State Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic;

New Mexico State Road 126 (NM 126) is a 39.654-mile-long (63.817 km) state highway in New Mexico, United States. NM 126's western terminus is in the small town of Cuba, at U.S. Route 550 (US 550). The route passes through the Nacimiento Mountains and Jemez Mountains, along the southern boundary of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness, then descends past Fenton Lake to the small, unincorporated community of La Cueva (east of Jemez Springs), where it ends at NM 4.

The highway is a part of the Jemez Mountain Trail National Scenic Byway.^[2] It is paved near Cuba and La Cueva, but is a graded dirt road for much of its middle section. This section is usually closed during the winter months, and may be impassable for a few days at other times because of muddy conditions resulting from rainstorms.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Sandoval County.

Location	mi^[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Cuba	0.000	0.000	US 550 – Bloomfield, Bernalillo	Western terminus
	39.654	63.817	NM 4 – Jemez Pueblo, White Rock	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi