Geronimo Trail incorporates several New Mexico state highways passing along Elephant Butte Dam, Elephant Butte Lake State Park, Caballo Lake, Caballo Mountains and Black Range Mountains. It is connected to the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway in the southwest and El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro in the northeast. Towns along its southern route starting from San Lorenzo include Kingston, Hillsboro, Caballo, Williamsburg, and the ghost town of Lake Valley which is located south of the trail from Hillsboro on . From Truth or Consequences north, there are Elephant Butte, New Mexico, Cuchillo, Winston and Chloride.