Then just down the road are... Estancia 23 Miles Moriarty 39 Miles Belen 43 Miles Corona 49 Miles (although you just MIGHT want to stay away from HERE!) Los Lunas 53 Miles
And, just a little further east on US60; you come to YESO.
There is DEFINETLY room here!
https://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nm/yeso.html
I-40 snatched away almost all of the cross state traffic from US60; leaving dust, jackrabbits and tumbleweeds to the empty miles once again.