Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Lindrith, New Mexico

Easy trail that feels more like a mountain road, with awesome views and several places to stop and explore. It's an excellent route to reach either side of the mountain. The trail can get a…
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This trail offers a straightforward out-and-back journey through a stunning canyon, tracing Forest Road 313 for about a quarter of its length. As you embark on the trail, you'll encounter a picturesque water hole (one…
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This route is beautiful, easy and has some of the best off-grid camping sites in the area. The camping sites are spacious and flat. The route is fairly level with soft shoulders and ruts in…
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Vegitas is an unmarked ATV trail through the Santa Fe National Forest. The south end starts on Forest Service Road 107, and there is a viewpoint right away just off the trail that riders can…
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This is a short and unmarked ATV trail through the Santa Fe National Forest near Gallina Plaza, New Mexico. The 1-mile route is mostly an easy dirt trail with shallow ruts, traversing a hillside on…
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This scenic trip begins on Forest Road 8 in the town of Gallina, New Mexico. At the start, the elevation is 7,475 feet, but you will traverse up to the 9,020-foot elevation. The road begins…
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ATV Trail 702 is a very easy, but faint, route through a burn area of ponderosa pines. The trail is mostly flat through wide open glades, over a grassy surface. There are not many tracks…
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This short ATV trail is unmarked at both entrances and is a wide dirt trail through the ponderosa pines and grassy meadows of the Santa Fe National Forest. The west end starts on FS 8.…
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ATV trail 703 is an unmarked and faint trail through the Santa Fe National Forest that goes through grassy meadows and a ponderosa pine forest. The north end starts as a wider route riding just…
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This is a more primitive spur trail off of ATV trail 704 that rides through a burn area for 1 mile. It's unmarked and slightly overgrown, but it is established enough to follow the trail…
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ATV Trail 705 is short and lightly trafficked, riding through a burn area in the Santa Fe National Forest near Gallina Plaza, New Mexico. The route is mostly dirt, covered in a light layer of…
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This route begins at the start of FR103 from New Mexico Highway 96. The route is a maintained dirt/gravel road that will take the rider south past the Resumidero Campground route and ending at the…
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ATV Trail 706 starts on the north end off of FS 169E in a wide grassy corridor at the base of a couple of hills between the pines in a burn area, with lots of…
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This sandy, rutted route leads past Mesa de Cuba, the most eastern of the five mesas that comprise the San Juan Basin Badlands. There are a few places to park along the road. A short…
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This is an easy high mountain route that has incredible views, open meadows, wildflowers, aspen groves, and drop-offs. Numerous trailheads can be accessed from this route including the popular San Gregorio Reservoir and San Pedro…
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This route is well-maintained and is an easy shortcut to get to FR 103 from Highway 96 and vice versa. There are some dispersed camping spots along the way. There are some private properties, but…
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This is a short ATV trail through the Santa Fe National Forest that follows a dirt two-track between ponderosa pines in a dry and sparse forest environment. The track is mostly gradual, with a bit…
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This is a very short ATV trail between Eureka West and Eureka East, which makes a short loop off of the high clearance 4x4 Eureka Mesa route. It is a bit overgrown and faint at…
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This is a short two-track through a forested environment in the Santa Fe National Forest, following a wide corridor between the pine trees. The track is rutted out in spots, making it uneven and chopped…
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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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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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Chama Canyon is an incredibly scenic trail that skirts the Chama River while being nestled amongst colorful cliffs. The entire area has several points of interest, including Abiquiu Reservoir, Ghost Ranch, and Echo Amphitheater, to…
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This short ATV trail starts on the west end at a dispersed campsite in the forest, just off of Horse Canyon (FS 157). It follows the powerlines east on a dirt two-track across grassy meadows,…
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This route travels through the dense forest on the north side of Cerro Jarocito, which stands at over 9,800 feet, from FR 93 Resumidero Falls to FR 93 Red Mud Rumble. A few wildfires have…
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The route begins from FR316 and travels along FR103 to the Rio Puerco Campground. The route is a maintained Forest Service road consisting of dirt/gravel. During the spring/winter, the route will have north-facing areas that…
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This route descends almost a thousand feet from Carson National Forest and Lagoona Seca Mesa to meander 5.5 miles along Munoz Canyon before meeting the Hill Road Pueblito trail. Initially a well kept, graded NFS…
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This route travels north to south and connects FR 103 Mountain Escape with FR 70 American Park. At the southern end of this route, there are several dispersed camping spots. Mud holes and deep shoulder…
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This narrow but fairly well-maintained road acts as something of a hub for most of the trails in the southern part of this slice of Carson National Forest. Cedar Springs primitive campground, the Gas Buggy…
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This is a quick spur that takes you from the Cedar Springs Loop to the Gas Buggy Interpretive Site. Not quite wide enough for two cars in many places, it still is suitable for most…
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This route travels through pinon and juniper trees in the lower elevation and ponderosa pine trees and Aspen at the higher elevations. The trail is sandy and rutted in a few spots. There is a…
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