Albuquerque

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Albuquerque is a city in New Mexico.

Public transport is free here as of 2023.

There are many transients, homeless, drug addicts or random people roaming the streets. They aren't necessarily dangerous, but their presence is enough to spook many local residents. Therefore, hitchhiking out will be rather difficult, as people will assume you are just another homeless person (maybe you are, or not). Thing is, the locals are constantly being asked for money, food etc. by the massive homeless population, which doesn't really improve the reputation of hitchhikers. Try your best to be clean and well presented here, it may make all the difference.

Hitching out

There are very few good spots to hitchhike out of Albuquerque and you may encounter a lot of competition in the colder months when this part of the country attracts a lot of tramps.

North towards Santa Fe

The TA truck stop at Menaul and university Blvd is your best option. If you have no luck here you may want to try hitching from the nearby ramp on Candelaria Road. If you can, take public transport/find a ride to Bernalillo. It's a small city at the edge of the metro area and it's right next to I-25. If you can only find a short ride, there is a Casino/Gas Station just up I-25 at exit 252. You should find a ride pretty easy from there.


West towards Flagstaff

Waited about an hour at this intersection 35.095498, -106.731839 and then decided to try another spot closer to the city where there would be more traffic. Big mistake, the other intersection had no good onramp. Went back to the original spot and got picked up after two hours by a very chill dude who drove me straight to flagstaff. Not the easiest Ozcar August 2017

East towards Amarillo

Head to the far east of town, to a suburb called Singing Arrow. There's an excellent on ramp that's super long and has a good shoulder.

35.0678732, -106.4940036.

I waited only about 20 minutes, but this may differ for you. Many people waved, but be warned Albuquerque is full of tramps, drug addicts and other random people that may or may not harm or hinder you. If you can, catch a ride to Moriarty, which is 40 miles down the road. It's basically a truck stop town, and you'll have reasonable luck in hitching with the truckers. I arrived in Moriarty and asked around in Lisa's Truck Center, I was there for 30 minutes and no one kicked me out, so I definitely recommend that place. Good luck.