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An open landscape of rolling desert prairie adjacent to the San Pasqual Wilderness, home to antelope and mule deer.
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.
Knife-edged ridges and peaks rising above the surrounding desert grassland.
The Devil's Reach WSA is a rugged area just west of the Devil's Backbone WSA, primarily grass covered.
The earliest Euro-American trade route in the U.S., linking Mexico City to New Mexico across 1,600 miles.
On the northwest end of Fourth of July Campground (winter gate closure — park outside and walk in).
Diverse recreation with many roads and trails traversing dissected canyons and high sandstone bluffs.
Kayser / Cottonwood Trailhead in the Manzano Mountains.
At 5,676 feet, Little Black Peak is the primary source of the surrounding Carrizozo lava flow.
The Manzano WSA is under consideration for addition to the Manzano Wilderness managed by the Cibola National Forest.
In central New Mexico, approximately 10 miles east of Socorro.
An unpaved county road traversing about 24 miles of rugged, colorful landscapes east of Socorro.
Red Canyon / Spruce Spring Trailhead in the Manzano Mountains.
Jointly managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the BLM as a primitive recreation area of sandstone cliffs and hoodoos.
Just east of Albuquerque, the most-visited mountains in New Mexico — hiking, biking, horseback riding, and winter sports across all seasons.
A rugged, highly scenic desert mountain range in west-central New Mexico.
In west-central New Mexico, rising precipitously out of the Rio Grande Valley.
The signature hike at Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument: 1.5 miles out and back through a narrow slot canyon between cone-shaped tent rock formations, climbing to a mesa-top viewpoint. The slot narrows to shoulder width — it is a drainage, and it floods from storms far upstream.
A 120-acre environmental education area in the Rio Grande Bosque.
In central New Mexico, approximately 15 miles east of Socorro.
A scenic, rugged box canyon very popular for technical rock climbing and bouldering.
In central New Mexico approximately five miles east of Socorro.
A 12-mile system designed primarily for mountain biking along gypsum ridgelines; hikers welcome and one segment open to equestrians.