New Mexico State Road 27
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| Maintained by NMDOT | ||||
| Length: | 30.200 mi (48.602 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1905 – present | |||
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| South end: |
 NM 26 in Nutt
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| North end: |
 NM 152 in Hillsboro
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| Counties: | Sierra, Luna | |||
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New Mexico State Road 27 (NM 27) is a 30.200-mile-long (48.602 km) paved, two-lane state highway in Sierra and Luna counties in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It travels south-to-north over the eastern flank of the Black Range.
The southern terminus of NM 27 is at intersection with NM 26 near a ghost town of Nutt. The northern terminus is in Hillsboro where it intersects NM 152.
NM 27 is a part of Lake Valley Back Country Byway.
The highway begins in a ghost town of Nutt. Formerly this was the point at which the spur left the main trunk of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway railroad and headed north to a mining community of Lake Valley. For the first 3.700-mile-long (5.955 km) NM 27 runs concurrently with Luna County CR A027. The road passes through the Chihuahuan grasslands between the Nutt and Round Mountains. At 12.9 miles NM 27 reaches a former mining town of Lake Valley. The town is a preserved ghost town most famous for its silver mining. Silver was first discovered here in 1876 and for the period from 1878 through 1931 5.8 million ounces or 180 metric tons of silver was mined. At 17.3 miles the road crosses Berrenda Creek with a few agricultural fields in the vicinity. Shortly after, the road passes by North and South Sibley Mountains named after a confederate general Henry H. Sibley. After passing a 22 mile mark, the highway crosses the Tierra Blanca Creek, and at 23.5 miles Oak Spring Creek. The road then turns further northwest and continues on for the next 5.2 miles before taking a turn to north-northeast right before reaching Hillsboro. At 30.2 miles NM 27 reaches its northern terminus at NM 152.
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