Off-Road Trails in New Mexico

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Learn more about Meadow Creek Road-FS 149

Meadow Creek Road-FS 149

The Meadow Creek Road begins in a Ponderosa Pine Forest with great camping. The road quickly descends into the Meadow Creek Valley and riparian area. The lushness of the riparian area contrasts nicely with the…
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Total Miles

7.0

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Meadow Loop

Meadow Loop

This loop takes you from Arizona into New Mexico crossing the border line. The trail surface is smooth with occasional small potholes. This trail passes by many meadows surrounded by tall pine trees. You will…
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Total Miles

12.3

Tech Rating

1Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer

Learn more about Meadow Ridge Loop

Meadow Ridge Loop

Meadow Ridge Loop is a part of the Cedro peak network of trails in the south half of the Sandia Ranger district. This trail has some areas with significant challenges for stock vehicles, including one…
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Total Miles

6.6

Tech Rating

5Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Melquadis Point

Melquadis Point

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…
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Total Miles

6.1

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Mesa Chijuilla

Mesa Chijuilla

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…
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Total Miles

4.9

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall

Learn more about Mesa de Cuba

Mesa de Cuba

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…
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Total Miles

4.4

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Mesa del Ojo - FS 453

Mesa del Ojo - FS 453

This trail connects FR 315- Easy Cruise with FR 316- Coyote Canyon. It travels through dense forests and open meadows. Majestic Ponderosa Pine trees tower 150 feet in the air slightly higher than the fir…
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Total Miles

4.6

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Mesa Los Indios Overlook

Mesa Los Indios Overlook

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…
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Total Miles

14.9

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Fall, Summer, Spring

Learn more about Middle

Middle

Middle is one of the easier single tracks in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System, without any big rock ledges. It just has sections of loose rock and embedded slab but no big obstacles. It still…
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Total Miles

1.0

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Winter, Fall, Spring

Learn more about Middle Largo Canyon

Middle Largo Canyon

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…
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Total Miles

17.8

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Mighty Mule

Mighty Mule

Mighty Mule is a 1.3-mile-long single track in the Manzanita Mountain Trail System. It parallels the Meadow Ridge Jeep Trail and is pretty straight, with light curves with banked corners. This one doesn't have many…
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Total Miles

1.2

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Mill Canyon

Mill Canyon

Mill Canyon is unique in its quick change from low, rolling foothills, to a quick push of a more tree-dense forest road. During the dry seasons, most high-clearance AWD vehicles should be able to complete…
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Total Miles

5.6

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Mills Canyon Trail

Mills Canyon Trail

This out and back trail traverses you through the Kiowa National Grasslands into the historic Mills Canyon. During good weather conditions any AWD vehicle should be fine for the first nine miles. After that, high…
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Total Miles

10.7

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Mimbres River

Mimbres River

The Mimbres River trail has a wide variety of obstacles and multiple water crossings as it winds north and cuts through the river multiple times. Several of these water crossings can be up to 18…
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Total Miles

4.7

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about Mine Field

Mine Field

Mine Field is an extreme level 8 packed full of V notches, jagged rock outcroppings and major diff hangers. The trail itself is fairly narrow and weaves through a series of challenging obstacles. One particular…
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Total Miles

0.5

Tech Rating

8Difficult

Best Time

Winter, Fall, Summer, Spring

Learn more about Mini Ridge Singletrack

Mini Ridge Singletrack

This 1.6-mile-long segment of trail is designated for dirt bikes only. It departs from another single track, and goes across a series of soft dirt hills, on a small ridgeline, constantly going up and down…
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Total Miles

1.6

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter, Summer

Learn more about Molino Meadows

Molino Meadows

This is an easy trail across some open meadows on NM State Land. Unfortunately, despite maps of the trail showing National Forest access, the trail currently dead ends at a gate preventing access to FSR…
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Total Miles

2.1

Tech Rating

1Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall

Learn more about Molino Peak Trail

Molino Peak Trail

The Molino Peak Trail is a short, 5.3-mile route that takes you up past an old manganese mine (The Manganese Chief Mine). It winds its way up an old two-track that becomes progressively rockier the…
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Total Miles

5.2

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Learn more about Monjeau Peak Lookout

Monjeau Peak Lookout

The Monjeau Peak Lookout is a historical location of the Smokey Bear District that was originally built in 1936 and gives spectacular views of the Ruidoso, NM area, the Mescalero Reserve, and open views from…
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Total Miles

6.1

Tech Rating

1Easy

Best Time

Summer, Fall

Learn more about Montoso Peak

Montoso Peak

Montoso Peak is the furthest motorized trail in this area and runs a full loop of the Montoso Peak base. Because of its path, it features several obstacles that most 4X4 and high-clearance AWD vehicles…
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Total Miles

8.5

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

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ATV trails in New Mexico

Learn more about 1026D

1026D

1026D is a fun, simple trail that connects back to FR330 via FR1026, making a fun loop. 1026D is simple to navigate and does not have any real obstacles. There is potential for some off-camber…
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Total Miles

1.4

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 4073W

4073W

A scenic but straightforward out and back leads to some dispersed camping options in the Chloride Canyon area. Not a challenging trail by any means, the trail crosses Chloride Canyon from Silver Monument and follows…
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Total Miles

1.5

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 5 Canyon Pass

5 Canyon Pass

Cutting through 5 different canyons, this out-and-back trail begins on a recently maintained two-track that changes to a rocky drive riverbed after crossing the first deeper wash section. Drivers will have to navigate through a…
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Total Miles

4.1

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 7 Waterfalls

7 Waterfalls

7 Waterfalls is a short but gnarly rock-crawling trail in the Glade Run Recreation Area. It has several extreme waterfall obstacles that are 6-foot or more tall ledges that are nearly vertical. The trail makes…
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Total Miles

0.2

Tech Rating

9Difficult

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter, Summer

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UTV/side-by-side trails in New Mexico

Learn more about 1026D

1026D

Total Miles

1.4

Tech Rating

3Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 4073W

4073W

Total Miles

1.5

Tech Rating

2Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 5 Canyon Pass

5 Canyon Pass

Total Miles

4.1

Tech Rating

4Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Learn more about 7 Waterfalls

7 Waterfalls

Total Miles

0.2

Tech Rating

9Difficult

Best Time

Spring, Fall, Winter, Summer

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