Beginner Off-Road Trails
Near Cedar Hill, New Mexico

This route is relatively easy up and back, except for ruts and a water crossing near the end. If you decide to hike to Cox Canyon Arch itself, it is a short, moderate hike directly north from the first parking area past the gas industry equipment. If you continue to the turn-around loop at the end, ...
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A paved road west of New Mexico State Highway 550 leads to this beautiful adventure in Hart Canyon. The arch is a short drive north of the main route. The small, majestic arch spans a small arroyo. There is a turnaround area near the arch. The Aztec UFO crash site is on a hill north of this route. T...
Learn more about Arch and Aztec UFO Site

North Loop trail is one of the networks of trails in the area called Glade Nor h. It is an easy drive with beautiful views of northwest New Mexico's high dese t. There are also stunning views of the San Juan Mountains of southern Colora. There are also numerous rock formations and deep canyon vies. ...
Learn more about Glade North - North Loop

The North Loop Connector serves as an alternate route linking the Upper Mesa Trail and the North Loop Trail, providing a convenient shortcut between the two. Though relatively short at just 3.3 miles, this trail is a must-ride. It offers incredible views, striking rock formations, and a mix of terra...
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This small bypass is an unnamed gas well road. There's a very small (probably private) shooting range at the south end where this trail begins. The vista from the top is also very nice. The hill at the start of the south end is very steep, but still passable by a Honda Civic, unless it's wet/muddy/i...
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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 to the spectacular rocks. Look on both sides of the route and enjoy the views.
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Upper Mesa trail is one of a network of trails in the area called Glade North. It is an easy drive with beautiful views of northwest New Mexico's high desert. Many of the canyon walls are multi-colored, with shades of purple, blue, red-orange, and grey. There are also numerous rock formations, incl...
Learn more about Glade North - Upper Mesa Trail

This is an easy, scenic trail that can be a leisurely Sunday afternoon drive or an all-day Saturday event. Several spurs and cut-throughs offer the opportunity for more challenging adventures. The trail winds along and to the top of Slane Canyon. Just shy of a 1,000-foot altitude gain means you'll ...
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This is mostly an oil well and natural gas line access road that is also used as a trail. It winds through a flat desert terrain, on primitive roads that have shallow ruts and overgrown bushes, and lots of intersections. Portions of the trail are on full-width oil well roads in between the more trai...
Learn more about Bloomfield Pal Tour

This short and narrow trail near Aztec, New Mexico, starts on the route for a disc golf course in badlands-type desert terrain. It's a narrow ridgeline that is most ideal for ATVs and dirt bikes but would be rather too narrow for a 60" SXS. It drops down from the ridgeline into the flat part of the ...
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Experience the stunning views of northwest New Mexico's high desert on the Middle Trail, part of the Glade North network. Many of the canyon walls are multi-colored, with shades of purple, blue, reddish-orange and grey. There are also numerous rock formations. While one section earns the trail its 3...
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The north end of this easy trail starts at the end of the road between the baseball diamond and dog park near Aztec, New Mexico. It goes up a steep hill right away and gets up on a ridgeline, overlooking the park and fishing pond. It goes over the rolling hills made of soft clay and dirt, on a mid-w...
Learn more about Anna's Ridge

This route is a mix of oil well roads, and mid-width trail ideal for 60" SxSs, ATVs, and dirt bikes. It goes through an open desert near Aztec, New Mexico. It's made up of primitive oil well/natural gas access roads that are less maintained, with shallow ruts and washouts and sandy wash crossings. Y...
Learn more about Three Eyed Monkey

This trail starts after Anna's Ridge and continues on the narrow ridgeline on the clay hills. It has sweeping turns and little descents and climbs as it goes from each hilltop to the next. It's super fast and flowy, with whoops, but no major obstacles, just a bit of exposure on each side of the ridg...
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This is an easy trail, 1 or 2 Difficulty at most, something that you can take your stock Honda Civic on most of it. The southern end of this trail is the Cox Canyon Arch trailhead just barely inside New Mexico's northern border with Colorado. The entrance to the parking lot itself might be a 2 or ev...
Learn more about High Flume Canyon

This segment of ATV trail turns southwest from the Barton Arroyo, and goes straight over the flat ground, following an access road for the natural gas line. It's designated for ATVs and crosses several other roads, trails, and wash intersections during its route. It's easy and fast because it's real...
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This trail is 2.7 miles of easy wash trail through the Johnson Arroyo. The wash stays pretty wide the whole time, with lots of tracks to follow. From the south, it goes through the easy, flat and smooth sandy wash, between sage brush, and small pinyon bushes. It curves through the wash around tall d...
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This almost 3-mile-long single track is mostly an easy ridgeline trail with a lot of whoops. The north end starts on State Road 574 at a pinch point and trail sign, then it goes along a fence on a narrow dirt bike trail through soft dirt and small rolling hills. It continues as a ridge line trail th...
Learn more about Imperial Walkers

From the south, this trail starts as a wide dirt trail between the pinyon trees, with portions of the trail in the beginning that are full-width roads. It turns off of the main road back into pinyon trees on a narrower trail. It's a bit rutted and uneven, with washouts. The trail goes over chunky la...
Learn more about Narrow Wash ATV

This trail is almost 5 miles of easy two-track through a mix of washes and small ridgelines. It starts at an oil well, going across the high desert terrain on a hardpacked dirt trail on the top of small rolling dirt hills. It winds between big juniper trees, the trail being smooth and easy. There ar...
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This route is relatively easy up and back, except for ruts and a water crossing near the end. If you decide to hike to Cox Canyon Arch itself, it is a short, moderate hike directly north from the first parking area past the gas industry equipment. If you continue to the turn-around loop at the end, ...
Learn more about Cox Canyon Arch

A paved road west of New Mexico State Highway 550 leads to this beautiful adventure in Hart Canyon. The arch is a short drive north of the main route. The small, majestic arch spans a small arroyo. There is a turnaround area near the arch. The Aztec UFO crash site is on a hill north of this route. T...
Learn more about Arch and Aztec UFO Site

North Loop trail is one of the networks of trails in the area called Glade Nor h. It is an easy drive with beautiful views of northwest New Mexico's high dese t. There are also stunning views of the San Juan Mountains of southern Colora. There are also numerous rock formations and deep canyon vies. ...
Learn more about Glade North - North Loop

The North Loop Connector serves as an alternate route linking the Upper Mesa Trail and the North Loop Trail, providing a convenient shortcut between the two. Though relatively short at just 3.3 miles, this trail is a must-ride. It offers incredible views, striking rock formations, and a mix of terra...
Learn more about Glade North - North Loop Connector

This route is relatively easy up and back, except for ruts and a water crossing near the end. If you decide to hike to Cox Canyon Arch itself, it is a short, moderate hike directly north from the first parking area past the gas industry equipment. If you continue to the turn-around loop at the end, ...
Learn more about Cox Canyon Arch

A paved road west of New Mexico State Highway 550 leads to this beautiful adventure in Hart Canyon. The arch is a short drive north of the main route. The small, majestic arch spans a small arroyo. There is a turnaround area near the arch. The Aztec UFO crash site is on a hill north of this route. T...
Learn more about Arch and Aztec UFO Site

North Loop trail is one of the networks of trails in the area called Glade Nor h. It is an easy drive with beautiful views of northwest New Mexico's high dese t. There are also stunning views of the San Juan Mountains of southern Colora. There are also numerous rock formations and deep canyon vies. ...
Learn more about Glade North - North Loop

The North Loop Connector serves as an alternate route linking the Upper Mesa Trail and the North Loop Trail, providing a convenient shortcut between the two. Though relatively short at just 3.3 miles, this trail is a must-ride. It offers incredible views, striking rock formations, and a mix of terra...
Learn more about Glade North - North Loop Connector