Dirt Bike Trails
Near Ojo Encino, New Mexico

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...
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This easy route takes you from Highway 550 on CR 378 through Johnson Canyon to Largo Canyon. The sandy, rutted trail travels around incredible rock formations with black, yellow, and red layers of sedimentary rock. Wind and water erosion has created intriguing shapes with the harder rocks on top of ...
Learn more about Johnson Canyon

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 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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This trail follows BLM 1103 from the floor of the Rio Puerco Valley up a steep, rocky section to the top of a mesa. The route travels between the Ignacio Chavez Wilderness Study Area, Chamisa Wilderness Study Area and the Empedrado Wilderness Study Area . There are numerous pull off parking spaces o...
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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 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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This route follows Largo Canyon winding through the rugged, geographically ornamental, historic canyon. The canyon has a long history of human habitation from pre-contact Puebloan settlements, Navajo settlements, and historic homesteads. The route is muddy in spots as the trail winds along the base ...
Learn more about Middle Largo Canyon

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 double-track trail takes you through cattle grazing farmland and ends at an overlook. Cows can be seen near the trail. There is nowhere to camp or turn around until the end of the trail. The trail is smooth and can be done in 2WD under good conditions. The overlook is a great place to camp, rig...
Learn more about Chaco Overlook

This minimally traveled route follows FR 194 through the Cibola National Forest and winds along the southern boundaries of the Ignacio Chavez and Chamisa Wilderness Study Areas. It is a level route that has open meadows and gorgeous tree stands. There are many areas for camping, picnics and hiking. ...
Learn more about Peaceful Path - FR 194

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 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 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 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 might be a good alternative route when certain sections of "Backway to Cabezon" are washed out. The trail coincides with BLM 1113 for some sections but is rerouted for the portion of BLM 1113 that is closed to vehicles. There is a wire gate that one must pass through;please be sure to clo...
Learn more about Cabezon Detour

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 route connects the Old State Highway 279 off Highway 550 with South Pipeline Road, or Backway to Cabezon Peak. There is one major obstacle through the Rio Puerco Arroyo at the northern end. The water can run deep through the narrow, steep drainage and both sides can be slick.
Learn more about North Pipeline Road

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 easy route takes you from Highway 550 on CR 378 through Johnson Canyon to Largo Canyon. The sandy, rutted trail travels around incredible rock formations with black, yellow, and red layers of sedimentary rock. Wind and water erosion has created intriguing shapes with the harder rocks on top of ...
Learn more about Johnson Canyon

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 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 easy route takes you from Highway 550 on CR 378 through Johnson Canyon to Largo Canyon. The sandy, rutted trail travels around incredible rock formations with black, yellow, and red layers of sedimentary rock. Wind and water erosion has created intriguing shapes with the harder rocks on top of ...
Learn more about Johnson Canyon

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