Off-Road Trails in New Mexico

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Learn more about Pucker Falls
Pucker Falls

Pucker Falls

Pucker Falls is one of the longer trails in the area and offers several obstacles each with varying difficulties and optional lines. It has something for all hard and extreme capable 4WDs. It starts out…
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Total Miles
1.2
Tech Rating
6 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Pueblito Way
Pueblito Way

Pueblito Way

This route connects the Hill Road Pueblito trail with the Citadel and Shaft House Pueblitos route. It travels through oil and gas fields with machinery and service vehicles. You may see a work truck or…
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Total Miles
8.0
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Pumphouse
Pumphouse

Pumphouse

Pumphouse is one of the first offroad trails south of Cloudcroft, NM just off of Highway 130. Turning onto Apache Canyon road, the trailhead is located just over 1/2 mile to the east and is…
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Total Miles
8.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Quebradas Backcountry Byway
Quebradas Backcountry Byway

Quebradas Backcountry Byway

The Quebradas Backcountry Byway is a National Scenic Byway, starting north of Socorro and zipping through the desert down to Highway 380. Along the way, you will see a variety of desert landscapes, with rainbow-hued…
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Total Miles
26.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Summer, Winter
Learn more about Rabbit Run
Rabbit Run

Rabbit Run

Rabbit Run is a quick single-track trail that starts across the road from the Powerline Trail and gains 300 feet as it climbs to the top of a high desert hill in the Cibola National…
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Total Miles
0.7
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Winter, Fall
Learn more about Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake

Rattlesnake is a short single track in a high desert/low alpine terrain that descends from Forest Service Road 05627 (Meadow Ridge) to the intersection with Mighty Mule. It loses 230 feet of elevation over the…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Winter, Fall
Learn more about Rawhide
Rawhide

Rawhide

Rawhide is a looped trail that connects to the Guadalupe Rim Road and is a combination of rock and dirt. Rock gardens are scattered throughout along with some loose rocks and gravel, with no obstacles…
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Total Miles
9.6
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Red Canyon Campground
Red Canyon Campground

Red Canyon Campground

This is an easy route to the beautiful, well-shaded, and peaceful Red Canyon Campground. The campground is at 7,600 feet in elevation. It can accommodate RVs up to 22 feet. It is easy access to…
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Total Miles
2.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Red Cloud Trail
Red Cloud Trail

Red Cloud Trail

Red cloud trail works its way across the top of the peaks in Gallinas before descending into a forested area. With many dispersed camping opportunities, this is a great area for some more secluded outdoor…
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Total Miles
9.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Redwater
Redwater

Redwater

Redwater is one of the more challenging trails in the northern portion of the Guadalupe Mountain range. The trail can be accessed via Anderson/Panama (FS518/FS5514) from its north, or from the south off Corkscrew/FS322B. The…
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Total Miles
4.5
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Resumidero Falls
Resumidero Falls

Resumidero Falls

This trail follows FR 93 and connects to FR 93 Resumidero Meadow Camping and either FR 93 Diego Springs or FR 91 San Pedro Mountain Views. It is an easy trail that has a pull-off…
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Total Miles
3.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Resumidero Meadow Camping
Resumidero Meadow Camping

Resumidero Meadow Camping

This short, easy route takes off from Forest Road 103. It leads to gorgeous alpine meadows and dispersed primitive camping at 9,000 feet in elevation. The camp area is a great staging area to explore…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Summer, Fall, Spring
Learn more about Riley CR 12
Riley CR 12

Riley CR 12

This is a wide-open sky drive that starts on the northwest side of the Sevilleta Wildlife Refuge. It winds around the striking Ladron (Thieves) Mountain. There are a few scattered ranches but most of the…
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Total Miles
30.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Riley S. FSR 354
Riley S. FSR 354

Riley S. FSR 354

Riley S. FSR 354 runs almost the entire distance from Magdalena to the ghost town of Riley in the north. There are no large obstacles along the road, but there are sections of severe washboarding…
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Total Miles
16.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Rio Del Oso
Rio Del Oso

Rio Del Oso

This is a tight and narrow unmaintained forest service road that traverses through sand and rock while following Rio Del Oso Creek. The last leg of the trail is the most challenging. The road enters…
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Total Miles
11.9
Tech Rating
5 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Robledo Chili Canyons Loop
Robledo Chili Canyons Loop

Robledo Chili Canyons Loop

This trail is located within the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument/Robledo Mountains OHV Trail system. Opening up and giving one spectacular view of the Organ Mountains to the East and Las Cruces, NM. Free range cows…
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Total Miles
10.1
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Rock Garden
Rock Garden

Rock Garden

This route is appropriately named Rock Garden. There are rocks of all shapes and sizes, including hoo-doos, arches, and balancing boulders. It is north of New Mexico State Highway 173 and is a short drive…
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Total Miles
7.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall
Learn more about Rock Spring
Rock Spring

Rock Spring

Rock Spring is a shorter out-and-back trail that pushes from the foothills to just inside the dense treeline of the forest with an elevation increase right at 700 feet. The trail is generally single-vehicle-wide with…
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Total Miles
4.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Rocky
Rocky

Rocky

Rocky is primarily a dirt trail to begin and later becomes more rock than dirt. There is some minor rutting present with spots showing signs of erosion, expect this to become worse with heavy rains.…
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Total Miles
10.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Learn more about Saddle Rock Canyon Rd
Saddle Rock Canyon Rd

Saddle Rock Canyon Rd

Saddlerock Canyon Road traverses the northern section of the Big Burro Mountains. Starting from the north the trail begins in a sandy wash. There are numerous interesting rock formations as well as some huge cottonwood…
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Total Miles
18.0
Tech Rating
4 Moderate
Best Time
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
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