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Aden Hills Off-Highway Vehicle Area
Approximately 8,700 acres of Chihuahuan Desert scrub, designated in 1993 for off-road/cross-country travel.
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Approximately 8,700 acres of Chihuahuan Desert scrub, designated in 1993 for off-road/cross-country travel.
Characterized by basalt flows, volcanic craters, and coppice sand dunes.
Located 20 miles southwest of Las Cruces in the Chihuahuan Desert.
Highly eroded volcanic mountains, mesas, and canyons in southwestern New Mexico.
Three looped mountain bike trails covering over 15 miles near a rumored UFO crash site.
Over 10,000 acres of rugged badlands with dramatic views of Angel Peak, a nearly 7,000-foot sandstone landmark. A short rim trail and interpretive panels; the free, first-come Angel Peak Campground has nine tent sites with shelters and vault toilets. Stay limit: 14 Days.
Over 10,000 acres of rugged badlands with dramatic views of Angel Peak, a nearly 7,000-foot sandstone landmark.
An open landscape of rolling desert prairie adjacent to the San Pasqual Wilderness, home to antelope and mule deer.
The namesake Apache Box is a deep narrow canyon carved by Apache Creek with cliffs rising 600 feet.
On the Silver City district adjacent to NM Hwy 15; an arrastra was a primitive ore crusher used in old mining operations.
The lower Atalaya Mountain trailhead near St John's College in Santa Fe.
Starts in a residential area above the lower trailhead near St John's College in Santa Fe.
Parking for the East Fork Trail (FT 137) north of Battleship Rock Picnic Area off NM 4, about five miles north of Jemez Springs.
Along the road to the Santa Fe Ski Area just above Hyde Park; good loop options.
In southwestern New Mexico; Big Hatchet Peak is the highest mountain in the vicinity.
A rolling badlands landscape offering some of the most unusual scenery in the Four Corners Region.
From waterfall barrier at BC campground upstream. Unlimited take of brown trout. Open July 1-Oct 31. Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
A beautiful remote camping area. Trail #94 begins at the rear of the campground, about 30 miles from the Wilderness Ranger District office.
A remote camping experience about 30 miles from the Wilderness Ranger District office, accessible from Forest Road 150 (North Star Road).
Dominated by a volcanic fault block mountain named Black Mountain.
The Borrego Trail runs north–south between Borrego Mesa and the Aspen Ranch trailhead near the Santa Fe Ski Basin.
A secluded wilderness sheltering hidden water pools, flat-topped mountains and ancient cultural sites.
In southern New Mexico, contiguous with the Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness in Texas.
At the end of Forest Road 263; parking, hiking, backpacking, horseback riding.
In northwestern New Mexico, a large volcanic plug rising to 7,785 feet — one of the most well-known landmarks in the region and a favorite among climbers. A successful climb rewards with an expansive view of the Rio Puerco Valley.
A large volcanic plug — a steep-sided symmetrical neck of volcanic rock in northwestern New Mexico.
From Cabresto Canyon upstream to headwaters. C-and-R for cutthroat trout and unlimited take for all other trout. Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
From barrier located immediate upstream of private land to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Sagebrush flats and pinyon-covered sandstone hills; under consideration for addition to the Cebolla Wilderness.
Bandlier National Monument and USFS property Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
One of the world's great cave systems beneath the Chihuahuan Desert. Hike the steep Natural Entrance Trail or take the elevator to the Big Room Trail; timed-entry reservations are required to enter the cave.
One of the most recent lava flows in the continental United States, dating back about 1,500 years.
Casamero Pueblo was occupied by the Chacoan Anasazi between A.D. 1000 and 1125, an example of a Chacoan outlier.
A small Chacoan Outlier set against the red sandstone cliffs of Tecolote (Owl) Mesa.
Trailhead for the Catwalk National Recreation Trail #207 / Whitewater Trail #207 near Glenwood.
The gentler of Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument's two trails: a 1.2-mile loop along the base of the tent rock formations, passing a small cavate (cave) carved into the volcanic tuff. Same ticketed-entry and Cochiti Tribal Access Pass requirements as the rest of the Monument.
A 61,600-acre wilderness of sandstone mesas, canyons, and grassy valleys.
The 61,600-acre Cebolla Wilderness is made up of sandstone mesas, canyons, and grassy valleys, within the El Malpais National Conservation Area. It contains La Ventana Natural Arch and is rich in prehistoric archaeological sites, petroglyphs, and historic homesteads. Stay limit: 14 days.
A group-use picnic shelter at Cedar Creek (up to 40 people), day-use only, reservable via Recreation.gov.
A southeast-trending ridge with scattered peaks and rolling hills in southwestern New Mexico.
A 33-mile backcountry byway (County Road 42) in El Malpais National Conservation Area, forming the western boundary of the West Malpais Wilderness and connecting NM 53 and NM 117. Stay limit: Day Use.
A 33-mile backcountry byway in El Malpais National Conservation Area and National Monument.
A line of more than 25 cinder cones within the El Malpais National Conservation Area.
The first forest trailhead on the road up to the Santa Fe Ski Basin.
A higher plateau dominated by piñon and ponderosa pines; elk, coyotes, mule deer, and turkey use the area.
From east end of Tolby Campground downstream 1.4 miles to first US 64 bridge Special Trout Water designation: Red chile. Regulations: Catch-and-release only, artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Part of the Greater Potrillo Mountains Complex, about 30 miles southwest of Las Cruces.
Less than two hours from Albuquerque, nestled in the Jemez Mountains with hiking and fishing in the shade of ponderosa pines.
From NM Highway 38 upstream to its headwaters Special Trout Water designation: Red chile, non-native suppression. Regulations: Catch-and-release (Native), unlimited (NN), artificial fly or lure with single barbless hook.
Extending 3,100 miles between Mexico and Canada, the trail offers high-quality, primitive hiking and horseback-riding. Where it crosses BLM lands in New Mexico the route is identified with line-of-sight signs or rock cairns.
Extending 3,100 miles between Mexico and Canada, offering primitive hiking and horseback riding along the Divide.
The landmark of this area is Pelona Mountain, rising to 9,212 feet in west-central New Mexico.
In southern New Mexico about 60 miles from Las Cruces.
A village market in the Corrales bosque with produce, eggs, honey, baked goods, and plants from local growers.