Where can I find Navajo Dam and the San Juan River?
1791 Hwy. 173 – Navajo Dam, NM 87419 (Mapquest wants to send you to THE DAM, not the town of Navajo Dam. If you will use the address above you will be in our town and close to the motel and stores.) From Farmington, NM: (50 minutes) There is two ways to get to Navajo Dam from Farmington. Through Bloomfield or through Aztec that’s Hwy. 64 (Blmfld) or Hwy 505 (Aztec). Both ways are about the same mileage from Farmington, it is just which side of Farmington you are on. If you come from Aztec (commercial side of Farmington) you will use Hwy.173 to get to Navajo Dam and if you com through Bloomfield (motel side of Farmington) you will come in on 511. From Albuquerque, NM: (3 to 3 1/2 hours) Leave Albuquerque on I-25 north to Bernalillo, exit to 550 west, through Cuba, NM. Hiway 550 ends in Bloomfield turn right, or east for about 10 miles on Hwy. 64 through the town of Blanco, over the San Juan River, 1 mile to Junction hwy.511. Turn left for 8 miles. Navajo Dam is at Hwy. 511 and Hwy. 173.
