About trails in Colfax County, New Mexico

Colfax County has 322 named trails on the map, covering 1,077 miles in total, an average of 3.3 miles per trail. That is the 3rd largest mapped trail network among 26 counties in New Mexico. 315 of them are tagged for hiking and 65 for mountain biking.

The longest single trail is Emergency Use, at 216 miles. 16 trails run 5 miles or longer. Mapped points of interest in the county include 22 trailheads, 241 campsites, 1 waterfall, and 8 boat launches. The nearest towns to these trails are Ute Park, Cimarron, and Angel Fire.

What the trails in Colfax County are like

By length, 137 are under a mile, 169 run 1 to 5 miles, and 16 are 5 miles or longer. 1 is a loop, ending where it starts; the longest is Flow Trail, at 2.5 miles.

Of the 322 with measured elevation, Out of Service climbs the most, about 14,277 ft, and 38 gain 1,000 ft or more.

Explore by activity

322All trails

315Hiking 65Mountain biking

1,077Total miles

241Campsites

8Boat launches

1Waterfalls

22Trailheads

Emergency UseHike216 mi Out of ServiceHike180 mi 4WDHike120 mi Santa Fe TrailHike56.5 mi Nine Mile RoadHike8.8 mi Cerrososo Road (Fr 1950)Hike8.8 mi FR 1950Hike8.7 mi Tolby RoadHike8.3 mi Ring To Beatty RoadHike6.0 mi Under ConstructionHike6.0 mi Easy StreetHikeMTB5.8 mi Harlan - Vista Grande TrailHike5.7 mi Eagle Nest TrailHikeMTB5.5 mi Ponderosa Park - Shaefers Pass TrailHike5.4 mi Green Mountain Summit RoadHike5.4 mi Cerrososo RoadHike5.1 mi Philmont HQ - Tooth of Time Trail (Ridge)Hike4.9 mi Beaubien - Black Mountain TrailHike4.9 mi Shaefers Pass camp to Bear Mountain Junction TrailHike4.8 mi Apache Springs to Crooked Creek Camp TrailHike4.8 mi Beaubien - Lower Bonita TrailHike4.6 mi Cimarron River - Santa Claus TrailHike4.4 mi FR 1916Hike4.4 mi Aspen Springs - Clarks Fork TrailHike4.2 mi Black Horse to Baldy Mtn and Baldy Town TrailHike4.2 mi Trail Canyon to Dean CowHike4.1 mi Clear Creek - Mt. Phillips TrailHike4.1 mi Harlan to Ute Springs Camp TrailHike4.1 mi Thunder Ridge to Sawmill TrailHike4.0 mi Indian Writings Campsite TrailHike3.9 mi Fish Camp - Crags TrailHike3.8 mi Lower Bonito - Old Abreu TrailHike3.7 mi ATV Loop3.6 mi Head of Dean - Santa Claus TrailHike3.6 mi North Fork Urraca - Black Mountain TrailHike3.6 mi Angel's PlungeHikeMTB3.5 mi North ForkHike3.4 mi Middle ForkHike3.4 mi Big Red Junction to Black Mountain and Beaubien TrailHike3.3 mi Cougar TrailHike3.3 mi Lower Tolby TrailHike3.3 mi Carson Meadows - Crags TrailHike3.2 mi French Henry to Pueblano Ruins TrailHike3.2 mi Vaca to Turkey Creek Turnaround TrailHike3.2 mi Opportunity TrailHike3.2 mi Deer Lake Camp Access TrailHike3.1 mi Bent to Dan Beard TrailHike3.1 mi Abreu - Aguila TrailHike3.1 mi Elliot Barker Trail (1)HikeMTB2.9 mi Lamberts Mine to Comanche Pass TrailHike2.9 mi EnlightenmentHikeMTB2.9 mi Head of Dean to Maxwell TrailHike2.8 mi Big Red Junction to Porcupine TrailHike2.8 mi Dean Cow to Black Jacks TrailHike2.8 mi Pueblano to Baldy Skyline TrailHike2.8 mi Dean Cutoff - Flume Canyon TrailHike2.7 mi Ewells Park to Pueblano Ruins TrailHike2.6 mi Webster Pass - Lookout Meadow TrailHike2.6 mi Beaubien -Trail Peak TrailHike2.6 mi Clear Creek - Wild Horse TrailHike2.6 mi Ponil to Dean Camps Junction TrailHike2.6 mi Dean Cow to Turkey Creek Turnaround TrailHike2.5 mi Flow TrailMTB2.5 mi Hunting Lodge to Webster Parks TrailHike2.5 mi Oeste VistaHikeMTB2.5 mi Clear Creek - Comanche Creek TrailHike2.5 mi Lovers Leap to Miners TrailHike2.5 mi Boulder DashHikeMTB2.4 mi Cyphers' Mine To Thunder Ridge TrailHike2.4 mi New Dean to Elkhorn TrailHike2.4 mi Cito Turnaround - Ute Springs/Deer LakeHike2.4 mi Abreu - Toothache Spring TrailHike2.4 mi Big Red Junction - Black Mountain Camp JunctionHike2.3 mi Crooked Creek - Wild Horse TrailHike2.3 mi Wapiti Trail LoopHike2.3 mi Ute Springs - Cathedral Rock TrailHike2.3 mi SierraHikeMTB2.3 mi FS 76MHikeMTB2.2 mi Buck Creek - Bear Creek TrailHike2.2 mi Lovers Leap Turnaround - Lovers Leap Camp TrailHike2.2 mi Aqua Fria - Apache Springs TrailHike2.2 mi FR 1914Hike2.1 mi Lake to Lake TrailHike2.1 mi Clear Creek TrailHike2.1 mi Ute Gulch Commissary - Devils Wash Basin TrailHike2.1 mi Red Hills to Comanche Creek Camp TrailHike2.0 mi Comanche Creek to Porcupine and Crooked Creek TrailHike2.0 mi North Fork Urraca - Shaefers Pass TrailHike1.9 mi Clear Creek - Miners Park TrailHike1.9 mi Devils Wash Basin - Lost Gap Camp TrailHike1.9 mi Head of Dean to Pueblano TrailHike1.9 mi Saladan to Wild Horse TrailHike1.9 mi Comanche Peak Camp to Thunder Ridge TrailHike1.9 mi Upper EnlightenmentHikeMTB1.9 mi Crater Lake to Bonito Creek TrailHike1.9 mi Beaubien - Phillips Junction Commissary TrailHike1.9 mi Ponderosa Ridge TrailHike1.9 mi Elkhorn - Flume Canyon TrailHike1.8 mi Copper Park - Greenwood Canyon TrailHike1.8 mi Cyphers Mine - Whistle Punk TrailHike1.8 mi Elliot BarkerHikeMTB1.8 mi Comanche Peak Camp to Mount Phillips Camp TrailHike1.8 mi Lady Slipper TrailHikeMTB1.7 mi Loop ConnectorHike1.7 mi Climax LoopHike1.7 mi Head of Dean - Upper Dean Cow TrailHike1.7 mi Chicorica TrailHike1.7 mi Whoop De Do TrailHikeMTB1.7 mi Upper Sawmill to Sawmill TrailHike1.6 mi BearHikeMTB1.6 mi Chase Canyon Turnaround - Hellfire Canyon Camp TrailHike1.6 mi Big Red Peak to Comanche Peak Camp TrailHike1.6 mi Ute Meadows to Baldy Town TrailHike1.6 mi Pueblano to Flume Canyon TrailHike1.6 mi Baldy Mt to Greenwood Canyon TrailHike1.6 mi Cimarron River - Vista Grande TrailHike1.6 mi Coyote TrailHikeMTB1.6 mi Webster Parks to Lower Sawmill TrailHike1.6 mi Big Red Peak to Bear Mountain Junction TrailHike1.5 mi Vermejo LoopHike1.5 mi Six Mile Gate - McBride Canyon TrailHike1.5 mi Toothache Spring to Urraca Mesa Camp TrailHike1.5 mi Cathedral Rock - Aspen Springs Trail (Under Construction)Hike1.5 mi Flume Canyon to Bent TrailHike1.4 mi Chase Canyon - House Canyon Camp TrailHike1.4 mi Cimarroncito to Webster Parks TrailHike1.4 mi Black Mountain Camp Junction - Commanche PassHike1.4 mi Deer Lake Mesa - Upper Bench TrailHike1.4 mi World CupHikeMTB1.4 mi Fish Camp - Buck Creek/Phillips Junction TrailHike1.4 mi Ewells Park - Baldy Skyline TrailHike1.4 mi Baldy Mt to Baldy Town and Black Horse TrailHike1.4 mi Black Horse to Baldy Town TrailHike1.4 mi Anasazi - Indian Writings TrailHike1.4 mi Dean Cutoff South Access TrailHike1.4 mi Stone Wall Pass to Lovers Leap TrailHike1.4 mi Ponderosa - Arrowhead TrailHike1.4 mi Cimarroncito Peak Access Trail (Under Construction)Hike1.4 mi Devinci's CodeHikeMTB1.3 mi LemonadeHikeMTB1.3 mi Buck Creek - Phillips Junction Commissary TrailHike1.3 mi Bear Canyon Turnaround - Black Jacks/New Dean TrailHike1.3 mi SageHikeMTB1.3 mi North Fork Urraca - Miners Park TrailHike1.3 mi Aqua Fria - Fish Camp TrailHike1.3 mi Cito Turnaround - Catherdral RockHike1.3 mi CombiHikeMTB1.3 mi Beaubien Creek SpurHike1.3 mi Elliot Barker TrailHikeMTB1.3 mi North Lake TrailHike1.3 mi Lovers Leap Turnaround to Stockade Ridge Camp TrailHike1.3 mi Rich Cabins to Dan Beard TrailHike1.2 mi ElkHikeMTB1.2 mi Anasazi - T-Rex Track TrailHike1.2 mi Fish Camp - Webster Pass TrailHike1.2 mi Hunting Lodge to Cimarroncito New TrailHike1.2 mi Aspen Springs Junction to Lower Sawmill TrailHike1.2 mi Maxwell to Miranda TrailHike1.2 mi Stone Wall Pass - Toothache Spring TrailHike1.2 mi Trail Canyon Road1.2 mi Lovers Leap Turnaround to Urraca Mesa Camp TrailHike1.2 mi Hungry HippoHikeMTB1.1 mi Beaubien Creek Spur Alternate TrailHike1.1 mi Aqua Fria - Bear Canyon TrailHike1.1 mi Deer Run TrailHike1.1 mi Pueblano to Pueblano Ruins TrailHike1.1 mi Cooper Park to Baldy Town TrailHike1.1 mi Apache Springs - Bear Creek TrailHike1.1 mi Martinez Springs Access TrailHike1.1 mi ChillinHikeMTB1.1 mi Deer TrailHikeMTB1.1 mi Stockade Camp to Tooth of Time TrailHike1.1 mi Hidden Valley Trail (Under Construction)Hike1.1 mi Ute Park Turnaround to Cimarron River Camp TrailHike1.1 mi Bear Caves and Aguila to Stone Wall Pass TrailHike1.1 mi Chase Canyon - Indian Writings TrailHike1.0 mi Lake Maloya TrailHike1.0 mi Clarks Fork East Access TrailHike1.0 mi Dean Camps Junction to New Dean TrailHike1.0 mi Bent - Ponil TrailHike1.0 mi Pueblano to Wilson Mesa TrailHike1.0 mi Lake TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi Bobcat TrailHikeMTB1.0 mi Red Hills to Big Red Junction TrailHike1.0 mi Casa Grande TrailHike1.0 mi Phillips Junction Commissary - Porcupine TrailHike1.0 mi Elliot Barker ConnectorHikeMTB1.0 mi French Henry to Baldy Town TrailHike1.0 mi Crooked Creek - Porcupine TrailHike1.0 mi ZiggyMTB0.9 mi Clarks Fork - Upper Clarks Fork TrailHike0.9 mi Ponil to Dean Cutoffi TrailHike0.9 mi Copper Park - French Henry TrailHike0.9 mi Palo Flechado ConnectorHikeMTB0.9 mi Ponil Turnaround - Ponil TrailHike0.9 mi Aspen Springs to Ute Junction TrailHike0.9 mi Trail Peak South Access TrailHike0.9 mi Miranda to Ute Meadows TrailHike0.9 mi Lower Bonito - AguilaHike0.9 mi House Canyon to Anasazi TrailHike0.9 mi Unleaded High OctaneHikeMTB0.9 mi Upper Sawmill to Lower Sawmill TrailHike0.8 mi Ewells Park to Baldy Town TrailHike0.8 mi Maverick Canyon TrailHike0.8 mi Lost Cabin TrailHike0.8 mi Magpie Campsite Access TrailHike0.8 mi Jazz HandsHikeMTB0.8 mi Chutes and LaddersHikeMTB0.8 mi Azurite TrailHike0.8 mi T-Rex Track TrailHike0.8 mi Crater Lake - Bear Caves TrailHike0.8 mi PinballHikeMTB0.8 mi DuchessHikeMTB0.8 mi Bear Caves - Stone Wall Pass Cutoff TrailHike0.8 mi Elkhorn - Flume Canyon Alternate TrailHike0.8 mi Red Hills to Comanche Peak Camp TrailHike0.8 mi ChipmunkMTB0.8 mi Iced TeaHikeMTB0.7 mi DukeHikeMTB0.7 mi Aspen Springs - Cimarroncito TrailHike0.7 mi Hike Access Trail0.7 mi Hummingbird LaneHike0.7 mi Northeast Whistle Punk Access TrailHike0.7 mi Harlan to Vaca TrailHike0.7 mi Bear Caves AccessTrailHike0.7 mi Bear Canyon Turnaround - Upper Dean Connector TrailHike0.7 mi Middle BoogieHikeMTB0.7 mi Bonita Cow Camp Access TrailHike0.7 mi Aguila to Stone Wall Pass TrailHike0.7 mi Sendero0.7 mi Northwest Whistle Punk Access TrailHike0.7 mi Supreme DHHikeMTB0.7 mi Webster Pass to Bonito Creek TrailHike0.7 mi TransitionHikeMTB0.7 mi PowerlineHikeMTB0.7 mi Sioux Camp Access TrailHike0.6 mi Ute Meadows to Baldy Skyline TrailHike0.6 mi Whitman VegaHike0.6 mi Abreu to Stone Wall Pass TrailHike0.6 mi Toothache Springs to Backache Springs TrailHike0.6 mi La Grulla Lake SpurHike0.6 mi Turbo DieselHikeMTB0.6 mi Black Mountain Camp to Bear Mountain Junction TrailHike0.6 mi Upper Bench - Vista Grande TrailHike0.6 mi Apache Springs - Bear Canyon TrailHike0.6 mi Ute Junction to Ute Gulch Commissary TrailHike0.6 mi Deer Lake Mesa - Devils Wash Basin TrailHike0.6 mi Carson Meadows - Old Abreu TrailHike0.6 mi Scenic TrailHike0.5 mi French Henry /Cooper Park to Baldy Town TrailHike0.5 mi L TrailHike0.5 mi Ute Springs - Ute Gulch Commissary TrailHike0.5 mi Black Jacks Camp Access TrailHike0.5 mi Head of Dean to Baldy Skyline TrailHike0.5 mi Rayado - Backache SpringsHike0.5 mi Drops and LollipopsHikeMTB0.5 mi Aspen Springs Junction to Ute Junction TrailHike0.5 mi Coal Camp TrailHike0.5 mi Butler RoadHike0.5 mi Apache Springs to Sunset Meadow TrailHike0.5 mi Lower Bonito ConnectorHike0.5 mi Lower Sawmill - Ute ParkHike0.5 mi Zastrow Camp - Zastrow Turnaround TrailHike0.5 mi Ewells Park South Access TrailHike0.5 mi Hawkeye Camp Access TrailHike0.4 mi Devils Wash Basin - Ute ParkHike0.4 mi CandylandHikeMTB0.4 mi DieselHikeMTB0.4 mi Comanche Creek Camp Access TrailHike0.4 mi Lower ChillinHikeMTB0.4 mi Middle Supreme DHHikeMTB0.4 mi Lower Supreme DHHikeMTB0.4 mi Maverick TrailHike0.3 mi Metcalf Camp and Cottonwood - Indian Writings TrailHike0.3 mi Tooth Ridge Camp access trailHike0.3 mi Cut ThroughHike0.3 mi TwisterHikeMTB0.3 mi Zastrow - Rayado River Camp TrailHike0.3 mi Cito Turnaround - Webster LakeHike0.3 mi Urraca Camp Scenic TrailHike0.3 mi Crater Lake Bypass TrailHike0.3 mi Fo ShoHikeMTB0.3 mi Pepper SprayHikeMTB0.3 mi Hells Fire Canyon Camp Access TrailHike0.3 mi Last CallHikeMTB0.3 mi Ponderosa Park - Upper Clarks Fork TrailHike0.3 mi Arnold PalmerHikeMTB0.3 mi Lamberts Mine to Hunting Lodge TrailHike0.3 mi Aspen Springs Junction to Cimarroncito TrailHike0.3 mi Bluestem Access TrailHike0.3 mi Tooth of Time Peak Access TrailHike0.3 mi Mini BoogieHikeMTB0.2 mi Abreu Camp TrailHike0.2 mi Big Tree TrailHikeMTB0.2 mi Catherdral Rock Camp to Clarks Fork TrailHike0.2 mi Hunting Lodge - Cathedral Rock TrailHike0.2 mi LynxHikeMTB0.2 mi Heck Field Access TrailHike0.2 mi Upper LynxHike0.2 mi Tank Nine RoadHike0.2 mi

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Trail geometry from OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed ODbL. Elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Compiled and published by Trailmonger · trail data last rebuilt September 24, 2026.