Dirt Bike Trails
Near Blanco, New Mexico

Malquadis Point is a great route that begins as an oil road turn-off from RT 64, just east of Manzanares Canyon. The trail starts with a steady climb to the top of the mesa before leveling out into a stretch of desert prairie where the trail can be heavily rutted, depending on recent weather and tra...
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This route leaves Largo Canyon and is slightly rutted before climbing up to Gould Pass. The steep route is on the north side of the mesa. It is heavily rutted with a drastic dropoff. After Gould Pass, the route levels out and is relatively easy to the small parking area for Gould Pass Pueblito. A sh...
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This easy trail utilizes oil roads just off of Highway 64 to loosely loop around the portion of Manzanares Mesa northwest of Cutter Reservoir before intersecting with the Cutter Reservoir Trail. Expect gorgeous vistas, heavy rutting, and the occasional washout across the road. Many small spurs off o...
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Manzanares Ridge (CR 520) is a gorgeous Sunday drive, winding through fields of sagebrush dotted with juniper and pinion trees. Its placement along the high point of Manzanares Mesa offers panoramic views as the trail skirts the tops of cliffs several hundred feet high. While this well-traveled oil ...
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This easy route allows access to the incredible Crow Canyon Petroglyphs and Pueblito without having to drive across Largo Canyon. The Five-Mile Bridge crossing Largo Canyon was the main access until it washed out in 2024 and there are not any current replacement options. The bridge was deemed struct...
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This is a moderately challenging out-and-back trail that starts out easy, crossing through a cattle gate that needs to remain closed when not in use. From there it turns into a fairly unremarkable rutted oil road before reaching the main attraction and dropping down to the edge of Cutter Reservoir a...
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The Cutter Dam Trail winds from Largo Canyon up through Cutter Canyon, leading to the Cutter Reservoir Dam and Picnic Area. Along the way, travelers will encounter deep ruts in some sections and stretches of fairly deep sand. As the trail nears the dam, the scenery becomes increasingly picturesque, ...
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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...
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This is a fun little rollercoaster crawl cutting from Mud Canyon to Slane Canyon. The fun starts slow on an oil road just off Mud Canyon Road before making a sharp turn into a deeply eroded sandy wash/pipe clearing with some fairly off-camber moments of up to 24 inches in a full-sized 4x4 vehicle. ...
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Starting on 539 just south of where it goes across the dam, you'll head up Francis Mesa Road and over Smith Pass to the top of the mesa. There is some rough exposed rock on both the ascent and descent from the mesa as well as some stretches of road with heavy sand, but careful route selection during...
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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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Just north of Bloomfield, this route is primarily used by locals and oil and gas trucks to access oil sites or the trails that crisscross the area between NM 550. From Bloomfield, it's the access point to a lot of great places east of US 550, north of US 64, west of the San Juan River, and south of ...
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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...
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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 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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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...
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This loop starts from an oil well access road and enters the desert terrain on a mid-width trail ideal for 60" SXSs, ATVs, and dirt bikes. Going counterclockwise from the south, it goes out onto a ridgeline on the soft clay dirt hills in this badlands-type terrain. The ridgeline has a lot of whoops....
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This is a mid-width trail ideal for 60" SXSs, ATVs, and dirt bikes that goes through a badlands-type desert terrain between Aztec and Bloomfield, New Mexico. It goes on a ridgeline on the soft clay dirt hills, overlooking the valley below. Watch out for the barbed wire fence that parallels the trail...
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Starting in the high desert immediately adjacent to a canal, the loop utilizes BLM oil roads to dip down into the badlands surrounding Angel Peak. Zig-zagging across the sandy washes that weave through the bottom of Kutz Canyon, the loop encircles Angel Peak for an all-angles view of the peak and fo...
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Malquadis Point is a great route that begins as an oil road turn-off from RT 64, just east of Manzanares Canyon. The trail starts with a steady climb to the top of the mesa before leveling out into a stretch of desert prairie where the trail can be heavily rutted, depending on recent weather and tra...
Learn more about Melquadis Point

This route leaves Largo Canyon and is slightly rutted before climbing up to Gould Pass. The steep route is on the north side of the mesa. It is heavily rutted with a drastic dropoff. After Gould Pass, the route levels out and is relatively easy to the small parking area for Gould Pass Pueblito. A sh...
Learn more about Gould Pass Pueblito

This easy trail utilizes oil roads just off of Highway 64 to loosely loop around the portion of Manzanares Mesa northwest of Cutter Reservoir before intersecting with the Cutter Reservoir Trail. Expect gorgeous vistas, heavy rutting, and the occasional washout across the road. Many small spurs off o...
Learn more about Manzanares Mesa

Manzanares Ridge (CR 520) is a gorgeous Sunday drive, winding through fields of sagebrush dotted with juniper and pinion trees. Its placement along the high point of Manzanares Mesa offers panoramic views as the trail skirts the tops of cliffs several hundred feet high. While this well-traveled oil ...
Learn more about Manzanares Ridge - CR 520

Malquadis Point is a great route that begins as an oil road turn-off from RT 64, just east of Manzanares Canyon. The trail starts with a steady climb to the top of the mesa before leveling out into a stretch of desert prairie where the trail can be heavily rutted, depending on recent weather and tra...
Learn more about Melquadis Point

This route leaves Largo Canyon and is slightly rutted before climbing up to Gould Pass. The steep route is on the north side of the mesa. It is heavily rutted with a drastic dropoff. After Gould Pass, the route levels out and is relatively easy to the small parking area for Gould Pass Pueblito. A sh...
Learn more about Gould Pass Pueblito

This easy trail utilizes oil roads just off of Highway 64 to loosely loop around the portion of Manzanares Mesa northwest of Cutter Reservoir before intersecting with the Cutter Reservoir Trail. Expect gorgeous vistas, heavy rutting, and the occasional washout across the road. Many small spurs off o...
Learn more about Manzanares Mesa

Manzanares Ridge (CR 520) is a gorgeous Sunday drive, winding through fields of sagebrush dotted with juniper and pinion trees. Its placement along the high point of Manzanares Mesa offers panoramic views as the trail skirts the tops of cliffs several hundred feet high. While this well-traveled oil ...
Learn more about Manzanares Ridge - CR 520