Cedro, NM

Cedro is a Bernalillo County census-designated place in Cedro Canyon at the northern end of the Manzano Mountains, southeast of Albuquerque. It belongs to the Albuquerque metropolitan area, though its geography is mountain country: the community follows canyon roads and wooded slopes on the eastern side of the county, with Ponderosa Pine bordering it to the south. The setting is part of the practical story. Albuquerque is the nearby metro, yet Cedro's immediate landscape is shaped by the Manzanos, not by an urban grid.

Residents are part of Albuquerque Public Schools, and daily errands connect the small settlement to Tijeras, the East Mountains, and Albuquerque. Cedro Canyon is also tied to the Salt Missions Trail, the historic route that runs through the mountain pass toward the Manzano communities. The surrounding hills bring hiking, camping, and forest roads into the wider recreation picture, while the settlement itself remains a residential pocket spread along the canyon. Cedro is a place where metropolitan access and mountain distance meet in a single Bernalillo County address.