Continental Divide

The divide the panel marks is also a footpath. The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail comes through the Cuba country, and the trail coalition maps the village as a gateway, with routes north into the Sierra Nacimiento toward San Gregorio Lake. The divide itself is unemphatic here, a grassy rise beside the highway rather than a crest. Cuba's own boosters say the village sits atop it at 6,900 feet; this marker, about ten miles northwest of town on US-550, puts the line at 7,379.

What the plaque says

Official Scenic Historic Marker Continental Divide Elevation 7,379 feet Rainfall divides at this point. To the west it drains into the Pacific Ocean, to the east into the Atlantic.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Jemez Historic Site — 32 mi
  The stone walls of a 1620s mission church standing among the ruins of Gisewa, a Jemez village named for the hot springs beside it.

More markers nearby

• San Juan Basin — 5.7 mi
• Cuba — 10 mi
• Cuba — 10 mi
• Jémez State Monument — 32 mi