Clayton Heights-Lomas del Cielo Home for Rent

Living in Clayton Heights-Lomas del Cielo is an immersion into what the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College communities have to offer. This pocket of Albuquerque encompasses much of the CNM main campus and multiple UNM facilities, including home venues for the school’s basketball and football teams. The neighborhood is also close to the amenities along Central Avenue, a prominent city thoroughfare. “It’s an affordable little area. It’s kind of tucked away, so people don’t realize how convenient it is,” says local Realtor and New Mexico native Barbara Maddox of Albuquerque-based Maddox & Co. Realtors. Residents are within 3 miles of Central Avenue, a roadway that’s part of Route 66 and is known for its wide variety of places to eat. Frontier is one of the landmarks close to Clayton Heights-Lomas del Cielo. Opened in 1971, Frontier's Southwestern fare and huge cinnamon rolls have garnered a following. “They’re to die for,” Maddox says of the cinnamon rolls. “They are definitely consistent, too. I think that’s the thing about Frontier, the food is so consistent." Greek restaurant Gyros and Italian restaurant Saggios are popular, too, and both are around