New Mexico Trail Resources

 

New Mexico Agencies

 

For information on New Mexico's State Parks: www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/

Bureau of Land Management has Recreation in the Taos Area: www.nm.blm.gov/recreation/taos/taos_rec_home.htm

Great Outdoors Recreation Pages (GORP) has information on New Mexico's national forests: http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/nm/nm.htm

National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, provides trails as well as hunting, fishing, wildlife observation; see refuges in New Mexico: www.fws.gov/refuges/refugeLocatorMaps/NewMexico.html

National Park Service units in New Mexico: http://data2.itc.nps.gov/parksearch/state.cfm?st=nm

 

 

New Mexico National Recreation Trails

• Browse all National Recreation Trails in New Mexico: There are 256.90 miles of NRTs in New Mexico and 29 trails!

Visit New Mexico's "Featured" National Recreational Trails for the most recently designated trail(s)

Visit the National Recreation Trails website to learn more about the NRT program and access over 1,200 NRTs from across the country

 

New Mexico Bicycling and Mountain Biking

 

Mountain bike trails with detailed maps and descriptions from New Mexico mountain biking books at Trails.com:

• Mountain Biking Trails in New Mexico

Bike rides on roads and paved pathways from New Mexico road biking books at Trails.com:

• Road Bike Rides in New Mexico

Great Divide Mountain Bike Route runs through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico: www.adventurecycling.org/routes/greatdivide.cfm

Trailmonkey has New Mexico Mountain Biking Maps & Trails: www.trailmonkey.com/USpages/nmbike1.htm

New Mexico Equestrian Trails

 

Back Country Horsemen of New Mexico promote cooperation, stewardship, and equestrian trails on public lands: www.bchnm.org

 

New Mexico Greenways and Community Trails

 

Concept paper for a multi-use trail along the Rio Grande River through the state: www.emnrd.state.nm.us/PRD/riograndeconcept.htm

Paseo del Bosque Bike Trail runs 16 miles along the Rio Grande through Albuquerque: www.cabq.gov/openspace/paseodelbosquetrail.html

New Mexico Hiking Trails

 

Hiking trail maps, hike descriptions, and New Mexico topographic maps at Trails.com:

• Hiking Trails in New Mexico

American Volkssport Association year-round walking and Volkssport Event Calendar

New Mexico Long-Distance Trails

 

Continental Divide Trail Society provides trail information and offers maps and guidebooks for the Trail: www.cdtsociety.org

Hiking Trails along the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in New Mexico at Trails.com:

• Continental Divide Trail Hiking in New Mexico

Santa Fe Trail Association has maps, photos, aand history: www.santafetrail.org/

Interactive Santa Fe Trail (SFT) Homepage has a lot of Kansas history and trail information: www.kansasheritage.org/research/sft/

New Mexico Off-Highway Vehicle Trails

 

The mission of New Mexico OHV Alliance is to preserve and promote OHV recreational opportunities in New Mexico: www.nmohva.org/main/index.php

4X4 NOW has illustrated four-wheel drive trip reports from several trails in New Mexico: www.4X4NOW.com/trlrpt.htm

Off-Road.Com has trail descriptions and photos of several 4WD routes: www.off-road.com/4x4web/travels/snm4p.html

New Mexico OHV group works to preserve riding opportunities

New Mexico Rail Trails and Canal Trails

 

New Mexico Rails-To-Trails Association works to convert railroad lines in the Sacramento Mountains of southern NM into multi-use recreational trails: www.nmrailstotrails.org

New Mexico Snow Trails

 

New Mexico Waterway and Boating Trails

 

New Mexico Statewide Advocacy and Resources

New Mexico State Trails Program

 

Recreational Trails Program: Providing funding to all 50 states for grants programs and program management
State Trails Program contacts in all 50 states

New Mexico Outdoor Recreation

 

Fishing reports, maps, photos, and videos for every fishing spot in the USA: www.hookandbullet.com/s/fishing-new-mexico/