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Unincorporated community in New Mexico, United States
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Pie Town is a small unincorporated community in Catron County, Southwest New Mexico, along the Continental Divide in the high desert. The town is famous — well out of proportion to its tiny population — for its pie shops.
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Post office with general delivery
Donation-based hiker and biker hostel; accepts and holds resupply packages free of charge (FedEx or UPS only, not USPS). Directly on the CDT route. Large hiker box on-site, often enough to skip carrying a full resupply.
By car
Pie Town is about 1.5–2 hours west of Socorro via US-60. The nearest larger towns with services are Socorro (east) and Springerville, Arizona (west).
On foot
Pie Town is a resupply point on the Continental Divide Trail (CDT); northbound and southbound hikers pass directly through town.
The town is tiny and entirely walkable; everything of interest is along or just off US-60.
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