Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Middle Mesa, New Mexico
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Devil Mountain-Fr Rd 626
Camping, Jeeping and Hunting on Devil Mountain-Fr Rd 626 There is some space when you first turn onto the trail from Hwy 160 to air up or down. After that area the Devil Mountain trail… Learn more about Devil Mountain-Fr Rd 626
Total Miles
10.9
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Hill Road Pueblito
This is an easy trail off New Mexico Highway 64 to the Hill Road Pueblito, an archeological site constructed in the late 1730s and early 1740s. Hill Road Pueblito sits on a boulder outcrop overlooking… Learn more about Hill Road Pueblito
This out and back trail leads to several panels of petroglyphs and a ruin that all require a short walk to view. Simple oilfield dirt roads lead you to the canyon entrance that will take… Learn more about Largo Canyon to Crow Canyon
Total Miles
21.2
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Piedra Road-Fr Rd 631
Piedra road will lead you north out of Pagosa Springs past the airport and a few neighborhoods. It eventually turns into a forest service road with two large parking areas and trailheads at the beginning.… Learn more about Piedra Road-Fr Rd 631
Total Miles
34.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Eight Mile Mesa E-USFS Rd #651E
Eight Mile Mesa E (#651E) forks right with Eight Mile Mesa D (#651D) forking to the left at the end of the main Eight Mile Mesa Road, approximately 6.5 miles from the highway turnoff. This… Learn more about Eight Mile Mesa E-USFS Rd #651E
Total Miles
3.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Eight Mile Mesa D-USFS Rd #651D
Eight Mile Mesa D (#651D) forks left with Eight Mile Mesa E (#651E) forking to the right at the end of the main Eight Mile Mesa road, approximately 6.5 miles from the highway turnoff. This… Learn more about Eight Mile Mesa D-USFS Rd #651D
Total Miles
2.5
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Junction Creek
Amazing views, camp spots, hikes. It's a very easy road, with some uphill climbs, but a 2WD can do it in good weather conditions. The road can be muddy when wet.Dirt or rocky road with… Learn more about Junction Creek
Total Miles
19
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa
Sandbench-Fr Rd 642
Sandbench road branches off of Piedra road up on top of the ridge. There are a few disturbed primitive campsites. There were several signs marking sale boundaries, so will probably be some logging operations in… Learn more about Sandbench-Fr Rd 642
Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Eight Mile Mesa Rd-USFS Rd #651
Eight Mile Mesa Road (#651) will take you to the top of Eight Mile Mesa South of Pagosa Springs, Colorado with a network of trails leading to different points of the mesa. After turning off… Learn more about Eight Mile Mesa Rd-USFS Rd #651
Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Eight Mile Mesa C-USFS Rd #651C
Eight Mile Mesa C (#651C) forks left off the main road about 5 miles from the beginning of the USFS road. It's about 4.5 miles to the end where there were a few disturbed primitive… Learn more about Eight Mile Mesa C-USFS Rd #651C
Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Lookout Tower & Views-USFS Rd #651A
The Fork for Eight Mile Mesa A (#651A) is a short road to the right off of the main Eight Mile Mesa Road (#651). It leads you to the historic fire lookout tower site with… Learn more about Lookout Tower & Views-USFS Rd #651A
Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
McManus Road-Fr Rd 633
McManus road connects into and runs east from Piedra road. Plumtaw road connects into it and can make for a pleasant drive back to Pagosa Springs. When you arrive at the fork stay left for… Learn more about McManus Road-Fr Rd 633
Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Eight Mile Mesa B-USFS Rd #651B
Eight Mile Mesa B (#651B) forks to the left off of the main road about half a mile from the first fork to the right for Eight Mile Mesa A. It's just under a mile… Learn more about Eight Mile Mesa B-USFS Rd #651B
Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Plumtaw road
Plumtaw road is a scenic drive through the Weminuche Wilderness north of Pagosa Springs. It goes through beautiful sections of the San Juan National Forest, with great views of Pagosa Peak. There are peaceful meadows… Learn more about Plumtaw road
Total Miles
14.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Gordon Creek Rd #625
Gordon Creek Road (#625) is a short little road off of Plumtaw Road (#634) that will take you to an unnamed trail available for hiking, biking, horses and snowmobiles. The road is an easy dirt… Learn more about Gordon Creek Rd #625
Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Williams Creek & Reservoir Rd #640
Williams Creek and Reservoir road (#640) is all about recreation; camping, picnicking, hiking, horseback riding, biking, fishing and wakeless boating on the reservoir. This is an easy maintained gravel/dirt road suitable for any vehicle. Located… Learn more about Williams Creek & Reservoir Rd #640
Total Miles
4.6
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Four Mile Falls & Lake Trails-Fr Rd 645
Four Mile Falls, Four Mile Lake and Anderson trails are north on Four Mile road out of Pagosa Springs. These are very popular trails since they are so close to Pagosa Springs and traverse part… Learn more about Four Mile Falls & Lake Trails-Fr Rd 645
Total Miles
5.5
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Poison Park Rd #644
Poison Park Road (#644) connects to the Williams Creek & Reservoir Road (#640), leading to the Poison Park Trailhead with a large parking area to accommodate horse trailers. The Weminuche Trail (#592) begins here which… Learn more about Poison Park Rd #644
Total Miles
2.9
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi
Blanco River Road-Fr Rd 656
The Blanco River road runs off of Hwy 64 between Pagosa Springs and Chama, NM. As you drive along the Blanco River there are four pull off spots for primitive dry camping along the river.… Learn more about Blanco River Road-Fr Rd 656
Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Fr Road 664
Big Branch road runs from Buckles Lake road (#663) to the Blue Creek road (#612). Right as you start the trail it warns of a rough road, following are several spots with large dips from… Learn more about Fr Road 664
Total Miles
13.4
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp
Fawn Gulch-Fr Rd 666
Fawn Gulch road, along with the E and F branches, offer multiple spots for primitive dry camping with pull off spots as soon as you enter the San Juan National Forest. The first mile is… Learn more about Fawn Gulch-Fr Rd 666
Total Miles
3.4
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Fawn Gulch E-Fr Rd 666E
Fawn Gulch E is the first branch road you will reach turning to the right. This was a great road for primitive dry campsites. Shortly down the road you will come to a closed gate.… Learn more about Fawn Gulch E-Fr Rd 666E
Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Fawn Gulch F-Fr Rd 666F
Fawn Gulch F was an interesting road and drive. When turning off of the main road the first 3/10 of a mile is a gravel-maintained road to the gate for Fawn Gulch Ranch. Here you… Learn more about Fawn Gulch F-Fr Rd 666F
Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Buckles Lake-Fr Rd 663
Buckles Lake road will take you to trailheads for a short hike to Buckles Lake or V-Rock. The Navajo Peak ATV trail and Big Branch road are four miles up from Hwy 84. A small… Learn more about Buckles Lake-Fr Rd 663
Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Railroad Grade
Lots of camping before this road, and some camping at the end of the road, with cows, hope you like a good morning moo and cow pies! Lots of mud when wet, and water crossing,… Learn more about Railroad Grade
Total Miles
6.6
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Lime Creek Road
Lime Creek Road follows the beautiful Lime Creek steep with history going back to a hunting trail used by the Ute Indians, to prospectors/pioneers converting the trail to a road in the late 1880s to… Learn more about Lime Creek Road
Total Miles
10.6
Tech Rating
3
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Hermosa Park
Leaving Purgatory Resort, Forest Service Road 578 quickly climbs to Hermosa Park utilizing well maintained narrow dusty switchbacks. Once peaking Forest Service Road 578, it drops you into a beautiful valley with jaw dropping views… Learn more about Hermosa Park
Total Miles
8
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Lower Section of East Fork San Juan River Rd-Fr 667
East Fork Road has two very different sections. This lower section is a well maintained graded road suitable for most vehicles. They recommend a higher clearance vehicle, yet compact cars were on this road as… Learn more about Lower Section of East Fork San Juan River Rd-Fr 667
Total Miles
8
Tech Rating
1
Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa
Helmet Peak
Very tight road, not recommended for a wide wheelbase or tall vehicle, beautiful views, very rocky, muddy when wet. Dirt or rocky road, typically unmaintained after rain or snow. You may encounter shallow water crossings… Learn more about Helmet Peak
Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
2
Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa
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