Dirt Bike Trails
Near La Jara, New Mexico

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...
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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 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...
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The north end of the Corral ATV Trail starts at a huge washout that nearly makes the trail impassable for anything other than dirt bikes. It is a massive 8-foot deep gorge in the earth with steep walls that would make it very difficult to cross in an ATV. The trail then follows a forested corridor e...
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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 up, and it looks like it can get muddy. There are some embedded flat slab rocks throughout the ro...
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Ojelata is an unmarked and primitive ATV trail that makes a 4.3-mile loop off of Forest Service Road 76. Starting at the northwest entrance and going counterclockwise, it immediately goes through a pinch point in a fence that is only wide enough for 50-inch vehicles. There is a big downfall right aw...
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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...
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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 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 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 a wide shelf. It’s mostly just dirt, but there are a few minor embedded rock surfaces. The trail rides...
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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 lower spots due to drainage. The road is wide enough for passing in spots even if you are towing a trailer.
Learn more about Capulin - FS 76

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 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 as a maintained dirt road. Halfway through the trip, the road becomes rockier, with multiple snow and ice patc...
Learn more about Mesa Los Indios Overlook

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 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 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 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...
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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...
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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

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 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

The north end of the Corral ATV Trail starts at a huge washout that nearly makes the trail impassable for anything other than dirt bikes. It is a massive 8-foot deep gorge in the earth with steep walls that would make it very difficult to cross in an ATV. The trail then follows a forested corridor e...
Learn more about Corral

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 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 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 lower spots due to drainage. The road is wide enough for passing in spots even if you are towing a trailer.
Learn more about Capulin - FS 76

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