About hiking in Chaves County

Chaves County, New Mexico has 18 named trails tagged for hiking, covering 11.6 miles, an average of 0.6 miles each. The longest is Skidmarks Trail, at 2.8 miles.

What the hiking trails in Chaves County are like

By length, 15 are under a mile and 3 run 1 to 5 miles. 10 are loops, ending where they start; the longest is Skidmarks Trail, at 2.8 miles.

Of the 18 with measured elevation, Skidmarks Trail climbs the most, about 486 ft.

All 18 hiking trails, longest first

Skidmarks TrailHike2.8 mi Oxbow TrailHike2.0 mi WalkpathHike1.0 mi Bluff TrailHike1.0 mi Wetlands TrailHike0.6 mi Rio Hondo TrailHikeMTB0.5 mi Melendez Park WalkwayHike0.4 mi Noon Optimist walkpathHike0.4 mi WalkwayHike0.4 mi Martin Luther King Park walkpathHike0.4 mi Stiles' Park WalkpathHike0.4 mi Poe Corn walkpathHike0.3 mi Desert Upland TrailHike0.3 mi Altrusa Park walkpathHike0.3 mi Alice Reischmann Smith Park walkpathHike0.3 mi Carpenter Park WalkpathHike0.2 mi Melendez Park walkpathHike0.2 mi Butterly TrailHike0.1 mi

← All Chaves County trails

Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt October 4, 2026.