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Aden Lava Flow Wilderness
Characterized by basalt flows, volcanic craters, and coppice sand dunes.
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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.
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.
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.
A large volcanic plug — a steep-sided symmetrical neck of volcanic rock in northwestern New Mexico.
Sagebrush flats and pinyon-covered sandstone hills; under consideration for addition to the Cebolla Wilderness.
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.
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 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.
Part of the Greater Potrillo Mountains Complex, about 30 miles southwest of Las Cruces.
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.
On County Road B-054 (Bursum Rd.) to access the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail in the Gila.
Rugged canyons and rough hill country covered by juniper, mixed mountain shrubs, and grasses.
Crow Canyon is a historic site about 30 miles southeast of Farmington, New Mexico.
Gently rolling hills and steep mountain slopes dissected by numerous canyons and arroyos.
Knife-edged ridges and peaks rising above the surrounding desert grassland.
About 40 miles southwest of Carlsbad, contiguous with the Guadalupe Escarpment WSA.
The Devil's Reach WSA is a rugged area just west of the Devil's Backbone WSA, primarily grass covered.
Dramatic vertical basalt cliffs near the Río Grande offering multi-pitch traditional and sport climbing.
Access to the Fort Bayard Trail System (Dragonfly #720, Servis Corrals #725, Old Highway 260 #260, Crosscountry Course #722).
Over four miles of easy hiking trails at the foot of the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces.
More than 800 acres for off-road enthusiasts at the Dunes Vehicle Recreation Area south of Farmington.
In western New Mexico, characterized by rolling topography broken by sandstone and basalt mesas and canyons.
On NM 4 midway along the East Fork Trail (FT 137), about a mile east of Jemez Falls Campground.
Chihuahuan Desert grassland and yucca make up the majority of the plant cover in the area.
A natural sandstone amphitheater on the Carson National Forest in Rio Arriba County, known for its echoing acoustics.
The earliest Euro-American trade route in the U.S., linking Mexico City to New Mexico across 1,600 miles.
Established in 1987 to protect the geological, archaeological, and cultural resources of the Zuni-Bandera volcanic field.