Bosque Del Rio in Albuquerque, NM

Bosque Del Rio is a covenant-protected subdivision on Albuquerque's west side, just east of Coors Boulevard and just south of Paseo del Norte, near the Rio Grande and the west-side bosque. Centex built it as a semi-custom experiment: the builder supplied the floor plans, and original buyers were free to move walls and change design details, so two houses on the same plan seldom read alike from the street. A few fully custom homes sit on the outer edges of the community. Owners belong to a homeowners association that enforces the covenants.

Getting out of the neighborhood is quick: the Coors and Paseo del Norte interchange sits about two minutes away, and Cottonwood Mall with the retail and restaurants around it runs about five. Paseo del Norte is also one of the major river crossings on this side of town.

The nearest large piece of public land is the San Antonio Oxbow, a cut-off meander of the Rio Grande sitting against the west-side bosque off Namaste Road NW. The city bought 23 acres of bluff above it in 2021 to keep the ground undeveloped, then built a natural walking loop with an ADA-accessible section, an outdoor classroom and pavilion, and benches and picnic tables along the way. The marsh below draws more than 179 bird species.