Scenic Drive Turns Into a Sunday Walking Route

Scenic Drive is El Paso's classic overlook — a road that clings to the lower flank of the Franklin Mountains with the whole city, the valley, and the mountains of Mexico laid out below. On the city's trails list it shows up as the Scenic Drive Linear Trail, a 1.8-mile paved route between Rim Road and Wheeling Avenue.

On Sunday mornings the city shuts the road to cars for Scenic Sundays, and the overlook turns into a walking, jogging, and biking route. It's one of those weekly habits that ends up defining a place, with families and runners getting their view of the city without dodging traffic.

Weather, events, or city operations can move a closure, so the city's trails page is worth a glance if you're building a Sunday morning around that car-free stretch.