Dirt Bike Trails
Near Cuba, New Mexico

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 of embedded rock slabs, shallow ruts, and loose rock. It is faint in spots and lightly trafficked. It g...
Learn more about Eureka West

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 times, but it is mostly a gradual two-track meandering through the dry ponderosa pine forest. The trail surface is mostly d...
Learn more about Eureka Center

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 hike will take you to narrow canyons, hoodoos and beautiful multihued rock sculptures. Views from the road show the r...
Learn more about Mesa de Cuba

This narrow route loops around Mesa Chijuilla the second of five mesas composing the San Juan Basin Badlands. Mesa Chijuilla is about 5 miles long and has brilliantly colored orange and red boulders, hoodoos and white-shale mesa walls capped by thick sandstone. There are a few places to pull off al...
Learn more about Mesa Chijuilla

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 up, and it looks like it can get muddy. There are some embedded flat slab rocks throughout the ro...
Learn more about Eureka East

This route travels through piñon 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 nice dispersed camping area with a beautiful overlook on the south side once you climb the ridge. There is r...
Learn more about West Trail Creek - FR 20

This is a narrow, rocky route that has some ruts and drop-offs. There are some incredible views of Cuba and the Rio Puerco drainage about halfway through. Scrub oak bushes narrow the trail in spots before opening up into Ponderosa pine trees. There are no easy off-road camping spots along this route...
Learn more about Blue Bird San Diego - FR 533

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, between a scenic and grassy forest of ponderosa pines. The track is rutted in spots, but is wide and easy to...
Learn more about Windy Trail - 612

This challenging route has great off-road, boondocking campsites on both ends. The trail is narrow, and the middle part of the trail does not have any places to pull off due to the dense fern foliage. There are a few small water crossings that can be tricky. The most difficult sections are not very ...
Learn more about Fern Foliage - FR 128

This easy, beautiful mountain route travels through aspen stands, ponderosa pines, and gorgeous open meadows. FR 103 Teakettle Rock can be reached from Highway 96 by traveling south on the OnX trail "Run to the Rio Puerco Campground" and from Highway 126 traveling north around mile marker 16. The pi...
Learn more about Teakettle Rock - FR 103

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 ruts from rain drainage change the trail's complexity. Elk calving closes the trail from May 15 th...
Learn more about FR 69 American Park

This short trail has deep mud holes to start and an open area at the end. In the open area, there are a number of fun, exhilarating, steep, short paths. A significant amount of time can be spent testing your ATV, dirt bike SxS or other vehicle on the slopes.
Learn more about Mudhole Mania - FR 69C

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 walk to view overlooking the mountains. The trail goes past a natural spring and cow trough, and continues th...
Learn more about Vegitas

This trail is very narrow in some spots, 60 inches or less. If you're in a side-by-side, I'd recommend having at least 30-inch tires or bigger. There are steep climbs that are very rocky. Rocks can have large drop-offs up to 3 feet tall. There could be downed trees. We had to clear a few. The trail...
Learn more about Rocky Road

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 area for a few vehicles to park and view the spectacular Resumidero Falls. The water has carved a hole directly through t...
Learn more about Resumidero Falls

This route has steep, challenging, rocky ascents on both ends with the northern end complicated with erosion and mud holes. Gorgeous views of Coyote Canyon can be seen about 2 1/2 miles from the north end of the route on a switchback turn. The middle part of the route is level with open meadows and ...
Learn more about San Pedro Mountain Views - FS 91

This is an awesome trail that can be driven in both directions, with offshoots to other trails. The trail is single-vehicle width with only a few places to pass. It features numerous washes, mud holes when wet, and small to medium rocks. The trail can get off-camber at times and becomes steep in eit...
Learn more about Canada Ojitos

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 the northwest side of the Jemez mountains. The San Pedro Peaks Wilderness is accessible for backpack...
Learn more about Resumidero Meadow Camping

This short, easy route has gorgeous dispersed camping. At the eastern end to the north is Elk Meadows- FS 315B, a more challenging trail, that connects to FS 315- Easy Cruise, and to the south is FR 311- Moon Canyon. At the west end, near FR 103, is the grave for the baby, Ruth Wetherill, who died n...
Learn more about Wetherill Way - FR 527

This rough, narrow, and rocky trail travels through the thick scrub oak along the eastern boundary of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness. If the trail is wet, some places become slick mud. The acorns from the scrub oak and lush grass attract Elk and Bears to this area. There are numerous animal tracks a...
Learn more about FR 461 Scrub Oak Loop

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 of embedded rock slabs, shallow ruts, and loose rock. It is faint in spots and lightly trafficked. It g...
Learn more about Eureka West

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 times, but it is mostly a gradual two-track meandering through the dry ponderosa pine forest. The trail surface is mostly d...
Learn more about Eureka Center

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 hike will take you to narrow canyons, hoodoos and beautiful multihued rock sculptures. Views from the road show the r...
Learn more about Mesa de Cuba

This narrow route loops around Mesa Chijuilla the second of five mesas composing the San Juan Basin Badlands. Mesa Chijuilla is about 5 miles long and has brilliantly colored orange and red boulders, hoodoos and white-shale mesa walls capped by thick sandstone. There are a few places to pull off al...
Learn more about Mesa Chijuilla

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 hike will take you to narrow canyons, hoodoos and beautiful multihued rock sculptures. Views from the road show the r...
Learn more about Mesa de Cuba

This narrow route loops around Mesa Chijuilla the second of five mesas composing the San Juan Basin Badlands. Mesa Chijuilla is about 5 miles long and has brilliantly colored orange and red boulders, hoodoos and white-shale mesa walls capped by thick sandstone. There are a few places to pull off al...
Learn more about Mesa Chijuilla

This route travels through piñon 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 nice dispersed camping area with a beautiful overlook on the south side once you climb the ridge. There is r...
Learn more about West Trail Creek - FR 20

This is a narrow, rocky route that has some ruts and drop-offs. There are some incredible views of Cuba and the Rio Puerco drainage about halfway through. Scrub oak bushes narrow the trail in spots before opening up into Ponderosa pine trees. There are no easy off-road camping spots along this route...
Learn more about Blue Bird San Diego - FR 533