First, adjust your compass or throw it away. Second re-calibrate or re-install your GPS system or throw it away. Las Vegas is North of Santa Fe on I-25 over Glorieta Pass. The best way for directionally challenged drivers to head from one town to another is to depart early in the morning or late in the afternoon when the sun is rising or setting. You can exit from Santa Fe from Cerillos Road on the South side of town, the midtown exit or the Pecos Trail exit on the North end of town. When you hit I-25 in the morning, the rising sun should be over your right shoulder and the signs will aim you to Raton and Denver. If you pass the Apache Canyon Exit you are doing fine. If you see an exit that says Santa Fe Downs and the morning sun is still over your right shoulder, the whole world is in trouble.
about 1800 milesAlthough driving it is closer to 1,900 miles taking this route:Take I-43 SOUTH (towards BELOIT), from Milwaukee, to I-39 SOUTH at EXIT 1A (paired with I-90).Take I-39 SOUTH to I-80 WEST to DES MOINES at EXIT 59B in ILLINOIS.Take I-80 WEST to I-15 SOUTH to LAS VEGAS, via I-215 BELT ROUTE - SOUTH to bypass SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (EXIT 130 off I-80 in UTAH to get onto I-215 BELT ROUTE - SOUTH ; EXIT 12 off I-215 BELT ROUTE to get onto I-15 SOUTH to LAS VEGAS).Take I-15 SOUTH to Las Vegas.
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Take I-80 WEST all the way across to I-215 SOUTH at EXIT 130 in Utah.Take I-215 SOUTH on the BELT ROUTE around Salt Lake City to I-15 to SALT LAKE and LAS VEGAS at EXIT 12. You want I-15 SOUTH to LAS VEGAS.Take I-15 SOUTH to Las Vegas.ORtake the airplane
I-5 south to Bakersfield, 58 east to Barstow, I-15 north to Vegas.
Take I-25 SOUTH to U.S. 84 SOUTH to ROMEROVILLE and SANTA ROSA at EXIT 339.Turn left off the exit ramp. Follow U.S. 84 SOUTH to Abilene.
Probably a 12 hour drive with few stops. You have 2 route choices. I70 to Utah, south to Moab on US 191 to US 163 to US 89 to AZ 64. You go through Grand Junction CO, Moab UT, Monument Valley etc. The other route is I25 south to I 40 then from Williams up to the Grand Canyon. This route takes you south to NM, visiting Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Petrified Forest, Flagstaff Az. If you are driving this far, I would spend more than one day at the Grand Canyon. Then head on to Vegas. Woody Creek would be a long side trip on the first route I told you about.
2,590 miles taking this route:Take I-80 WEST, from New York, all the way across to I-15 SOUTH to LAS VEGAS, via I-215 BELT ROUTE - SOUTH to bypass SALT LAKE CITY (EXIT 130 off I-80 in UTAH to get onto I-215 BELT ROUTE - SOUTH ; EXIT 12 off I-215 BELT ROUTE to get onto I-15, follow signs on the ramp to I-15 SOUTH to LAS VEGAS).Take I-15 SOUTH to Las Vegas.
I-5 South
I-15 SOUTH to I-10 WEST to Los Angeles.
I-39 South I-74 East I-57 South I-24 East I-75 South
I-65 SOUTH (from INDIANA).
1,266 miles taking this route:Take I-90 EAST (towards SPOKANE), from Seattle, to I-82 EAST to YAKIMA off EXIT 110.Take I-82 EAST to I-84 EAST to PENDLETON at END I-82 in OREGON.Take I-84 EAST to I-15 SOUTH to SALT LAKE CITY, in Utah.Continue on I-15 SOUTH to Las Vegas, NV, via I-215 BELT ROUTE - SOUTH to bypass SALT LAKE CITY, UT (EXIT 313 off I-15 in UTAH to get onto I-215 BELT ROUTE - SOUTH ; EXIT 12 off I-215 to continue on I-15 SOUTH to LAS VEGAS).