Kiwanis Cabin Interpretive Site

The cabin of local limestone was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) around 1930. The cabin was planned by a local Kiwanis group.

Access the Kiwanis Cabin by walking the Kiwanis Cabin Trail 93 & road 94: 1/2 to 3/4 miles long depending on which approach you choose to take.

Please refer to the Sandia Crest Trails and Trailheads and the Sandia Mountain Trails map to plan your course.

No Camping Allowed
Cell phone coverage is not guaranteed
It is the recreationist’s responsibility to use a map and follow the guidelines.
Trail(s) are open for the following uses: Hiking, Mountain Biking, Cross Country Skiing and Snow Shoeing.

Civilian Conservation Corps (Regional Historic Quality)The SBAC has determined that the CCC ruins are potentially a nationally significant historic intrinsic quality; however, the only visible site access and interpretation is at the Kiwanis Cabin. Therefore, the SBAC considers this intrinsic quality to be only regionally significant at this time. The Kiwanis Cabin is located seven tenths of a mile from NM 536 Milepost 13.6 (Sandia Crest). There is adequate parking, a visitor’s center, and an improved path to the site. The U.S. Forest Service provides interpretation via rangers at the visitor center and interpretive signs at the site. In the span of eight years, from 1933 to 1941, 54,585 Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees in New Mexico built hundreds of roads and rails, 795 bridges, 472 lookout towers large dams and reservoirs, installed millions of rods of fences and planted millions of trees for reforestation and to prevent gully erosion.

General Information

Open year round

New Mexico Enchantment Pass accepted.
Interagency Passes also accepted.
- If you have a current America the Beautiful Interagency Annual, Access, Senior, Military or Every Kid Outdoors pass, please display it on your dashboard or hang it on your rearview mirror as directed when purchased.

Requires a fee or an amenity pass.

If you do not have a pass, look for the Pay Station. Envelopes for payment are in the box next to the fee tube. CASH OR CHECK ONLY at pay station. The cost is $5.00 per vehicle for 1 day.
The fee for 15+ passenger, vans and buses is $10 per vehicle.

Address: 11776 Hwy. 337, Tijeras, NM 87059
Phone: 505-281-3304
Hours: M-F: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Closed on federal holidays)

Getting There

Latitude / Longitude

Latitude: 35.20367187

Longitude: -106.44310749

Directions

From Albuquerque, drive east on I-40 to Exit 175 toward Cedar Crest/N-14. Follow N-14 aka the Turquoise Trail for approximately 6.5 miles, to NM 536/Sandia Crest Scenic Byway. Turn left onto NM 536 and follow it for about 14 miles to the end of NM 536. Turn left into the Sandia Crest lower parking area and park at the south end. Then refer to your map.

To the Sandia Peak Tram - Take Tramway Blvd to Tramway Road turn east toward the mountain, and follow the signs to the lower tram. Pay the parking fee at the guard shack. (There is a $2.00 parking fee. The parking area is in the Sandia Peak Tramway parking lot.) Purchase your Tram ticket inside the Sandia Peak Tram Terminal. Upon arrival at the top, refer to the Sandia Crest Trails and Trailheads map.