Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Hurley, New Mexico

Bear Canyon Road begins in the Signal Fire burn scar but climbs into a beautiful Ponderosa pine forest. The road is generally easy and well-maintained. Great views of the Black Range as you climb higher.…
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The Signal Peak Road provides access to the Signal Peak fire lookout tower. It is a generally easy gravel road with a few spots that could be muddy following rain or during snow melt. The…
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Elk Pasture is a loop trail that connects to SR35 in the Sapillo Creek region and provides great views of the surrounding area and mountains in the distance. The road is primarily single-vehicle-wide, with a…
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Powderhorn Ridge begins in a short section of private land tracks before meeting the Gila National Forest boundary that is designated via a large sign and a water crossing that cuts through the Mimbres River.…
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This trail is one of the few in the area that is wider and has less chance of overhanging branches. The erosion ruts can change the complexity of the route in wet weather. This trail…
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ATV Trail #974 is short and easy, only 0.6 miles long. This is a good starting point to access the few trails in this part of the Gila National Forest. You can park at the…
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This is an easy road that climbs up from the juniper woodlands to ponderosa forest. It offers Continental Divide Trail access--in fact, the CDT is on the road for a while. There are several campsites…
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This is a sandy trail that provides access to the fun and challenging FS 915 Boundary Bowl and connects to FS 827. It travels on the southwestern edge of the enormous Tyrone Mine. Like many…
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North Star - Sapillo to Chloride Canyon has a long history in New Mexico dating back to the 1800s. The road itself is overall well-maintained except for some washboarding along the route. While there are…
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This route follows the Old Tyrone Road which was primarily used to go into the Burro Mountains. The mine changed that access. Now, the main road is Tyrone Thompson Road. The old townsite of Tyrone,…
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This is a fun area to rest, play and test your skills and your rig. There are a number of small hills of varying degrees of difficulty. The area is bowl-shaped and allows you to…
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ATV trail #964 is the longest trail within the Sapillo Campground trail system, being almost 2 miles long. It is a wide path through ponderosa pine trees and big open grassy fields. The north end…
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The Burro Mountain OHV trails are narrow with deep ruts. The sandy soil moves with the elements and vehicle traffic makes each ride a little different. Numerous trees overhang this trail which can add to…
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Lincoln Canyon Road (FS 4079T) travels through a scenic wooded canyon between New Mexico Route 15 and North Star Road. The road starts in a Forest Service administrative horse pasture. The ascent through the canyon…
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The Burro Mountain OHV/ATV trails are narrow and numerous trees overhang the trails. Attempts are made to trim the trees but erosion causes the trails to change due to the water ruts that can cut…
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This short trail marked as FS 4090 B is used as the emergency evacuation route for the Burro Mountain Homestead. The Burro Mountain Homestead is the former Summer Home Ranch and Stagecoach Stop built in…
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This route starts from Tyrone Thompson Road as FS 819 Shrine Mine. A turn east is FS 911. It leads to a beautiful picnic spot along a small stream. It is narrow due to overhanging…
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Just over half a mile long, ATV Trail #971 is a short spur off of ATV Trail #968 that rides across a flat hilltop and through grassy fields of juniper trees. It is a very…
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ATV Trail #960 is almost two miles long, accessed from the Sapillo Campground in the Gila National Forest. The trail goes through a dry forest of ponderosa pines. The first half climbs up a couple…
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The south end of ATV Trail #961 starts along a fence line right next to the Sapillo Campground. It is an easy and wide dirt trail with some loose and embedded rock and shallow ruts.…
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Trail #963 is a half-mile-long ATV trail through the Gila National Forest accessed from the Sapillo Campground. It is a dirt track through a grassy, low alpine forest with ponderosa pine. The initial climb from…
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FS 836 leads to Jacks Peak which is the highest point in the area at 7966 feet elevation. Being the highest point in the area, Jacks Peak has numerous communication towers. This road is rough,…
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This route begins from FS 4090 C and dead ends at the Burro Mountain Homestead Gate 7. That gate is locked. The Alligator Juniper that line the road is hundreds and hundreds of years old.…
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ATV Trail #970 is a short spur off of Trail #968. It is 0.8 miles long, and the route is mostly gradual and on smooth dirt, curving between juniper trees on a flat hilltop through…
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This is an easy scenic drive with great views. This road is a great way to get into the Burro Mountains from the north or exit back to pavement from the south. It crosses private…
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Just under a mile long, this short and easy ATV trail descends off of North Star Road on a semi-rocky path, overgrown with grass. It's mostly a gradual two-track, with a few steeper spots that…
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Just under half a mile long, this is a short and lightly trafficked spur to explore while riding the longer ATV Trail #968. It departs from #968 at the trail sign, and gradually descends towards…
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This is a 1.7-mile-long ATV trail through the Gila National Forest that makes a short loop with trail #965. The trail is mostly flat, with very little elevation gain, and is very similar to trail…
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This is a two-mile-long ATV trail accessed off of FS Road 4079R. It makes a quick and easy loop with #966. The trail is mostly flat, with very little elevation gain. It weaves on top…
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This short and rough trail leads to the Silver Dollar Mine and townsite. It is a great picnic spot and plan time to poke around the townsite foundations. The mine head frame is visible to…
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