Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Nageezi, New Mexico

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Largo Canyon to Crow Canyon

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…
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Total Miles
21.2
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

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…
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Total Miles
13.3
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp

Copper Mine

The Copper Mines are located in the Santa Fe National Forest just east of Cuba, New Mexico. The trail begins from Highway 126 and the intersection of Eureka Mesa Road. Off-highway parking is suggested due…
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Total Miles
18.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Backway to Cabezon Peak

This set of well maintained, dirt roads provides access to Cabezon Peak from nearby Pipeline Road. It passes through some typical New Mexican high-desert scenery, with shrubs and cacti on either side of a winding…
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Total Miles
11.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Mt. Taylor Peak 4x4 Road

This 4x4 road is a great intro to overlanding, with stunning views and minimal technical obstacles. Starting from Grants, the road climbs almost 5000 feet to within 1/2 mile of Mt. Taylor peak. The road…
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Total Miles
16.7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Resumidero Meadow Camping

This short, easy route takes off from Forest Road 103. It leads to gorgeous, alpine meadows and disbursed, primitive camping at 9000 feet elevation. The camp area is a great staging area to explore the…
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Total Miles
2
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Fa / Sp

FS376

FS376 is a 23-mile long trail that weaves through the Jemez National Forest, gaining about 3,200 feet in elevation high above the Rio Guadalupe. This route takes you through the historic Gilman Tunnels, which were…
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Total Miles
16.7
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

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…
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Total Miles
10.9
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Devil Creek Wildlife Management Area-Fr Rd 627

The Devil Creek trail is a short trail leading to the 561 acre Devil Creek Wildlife Management area. Part way up the trail is a very interesting rock on your left. At the end of…
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Total Miles
1.4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

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…
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Total Miles
19
Tech Rating
1 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

Jemez to Espanola

This is a very scenic route around the North side of the Valles Caldera. It goes from the Jemez Mountains over to Espanola and is a great full-day loop with plenty of exploring to be…
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Total Miles
57.7
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

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,…
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Total Miles
6.6
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…
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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…
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Total Miles
2.5
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…
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Total Miles
4
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

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…
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Total Miles
6.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

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…
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Total Miles
0.9
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

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…
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Total Miles
1.1
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Encino Mountain Trail

This trail takes you up into the Santa Fe National Forest. This is an easy trail for most with AWD or 4WD. Make sure you have gas as this is a vast mountain range where…
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Total Miles
14.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
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…
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Total Miles
4.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Su / Sp / Fa

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.…
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Total Miles
2.1
Tech Rating
1 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…
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Total Miles
7
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

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.…
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Total Miles
34.4
Tech Rating
2 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…
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Total Miles
13.4
Tech Rating
3 Easy
Best Time
Fa / Su / Sp

Hole in the Wall at Malpais National Monument

This excellent day trip starts on the western edge of Malpais National Monument, drives by the Big Tubes cave system and then crosses an easy introduction to driving over rock before accessing the "Hole in…
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Total Miles
14.1
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa / Wi

Chicken Creek Road

Rocky road in some spots, nothing to difficult though, easily done with a high clearance rig, muddy when wet. Dirt or rocky road, typically unmaintained after rain or snow. You may encounter shallow water crossings…
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Total Miles
8
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…
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Total Miles
14.5
Tech Rating
1 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…
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Total Miles
6.3
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa

Millwood Road

This road runs along private property, so please keep in mind and be respectful; when wet, this road becomes a crazy muddy mess; you will find huge mud tracks and potholes that will hurt if…
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Total Miles
10.8
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / 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…
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Total Miles
2.2
Tech Rating
2 Easy
Best Time
Sp / Su / Fa