West Central Route 66 Visitor Center at Nine Mile Hill — Attraction in Four Corners States

[2023:] This beautifully-designed facility seems to be in something of a long-term death match to actually completely open.

After a ribbon-cutting in September 2022 and "soft" opening 9 months later (but in time for summer) on 06/21/23, the spankin' new $10.3 million Center, meant to host community events, art shows, and classic-car, music-history and historic-neon collections, is still largely empty and without scheduled public events. Open hours are only 3 days a week, 6 hours each day.

Good news is, a nice lady will take you on a fantastic, free one-on-one personal tour during these slow days with nobody around and nothing else going on....

Beside exceptional architecture and interior lighting design there are a few items on display worth seeing, including two astonishing rust-splendid concept cars, and two classic/custom cars including one by the late Orlie Coca, an OG of lowrider culture also known as the "Godfather of Hydraulics" (I'm including a detail pic from this 1949 Chevy Delivery Sedan).

The site also has banquet facilities, a (future) Taproom, a modest outdoor amphitheater, and even a terraced parking lot designed to accomodate road-culture inspired drive-in movies. There also seems to be a golden eagle that likes to...

KQRE reported June 10, 2025 that this $13M visitor center sits closed as politicians wasted tax payer money to build this without any feasibility plan in place. Pity ABQ politicians continue to waste money on worthless endeavors like this when so many people are struggling in this town. Seems locals are used to this insanity and accept this to be a “normal” outcome of their...

Well, I'm sure it is a great place to view the city as well as see the beautiful landscape, my visit was after 10pm. It was closed, but sure to return when open. As for the night, one of the best sceneries around to take it Albuquerques essence. The stars are visible with mout light pollution. If you are lucky enough to witness the moon rising over the mountain crest, it's a...