Ancala Village in Albuquerque, NM

Ancala Village is a private, gated cluster of townhomes off Juan Tabo Boulevard near Spain Road, in Albuquerque's Northeast Heights. Its addresses run along Ancala Trail NE, inside ZIP 87111. Shopping and restaurants line the Juan Tabo corridor, the Bear Canyon Arroyo open space at the John B. Robert Dam is nearby, and the Sandia foothills trailheads lie a short drive east. Attendance schools are S.Y. Jackson Elementary, Eisenhower Middle and Eldorado High.

Juan Tabo Boulevard carries the area's everyday errands; Juan Tabo Plaza, a Walmart Neighborhood Market center at Montgomery Boulevard, sits south along it.

S.Y. Jackson Elementary stands on Cairo Drive NE and Eisenhower Middle on Camero Road NE, both in the same ZIP. Bear Canyon Open Space follows the arroyo at the John B. Robert Dam, laced with walking and biking trails.