United States

New Mexico Trails

Browse 3,720 named hiking and mountain biking trails across New Mexico, with maps, distances, and elevation profiles.

3,720
Named trails
14,444 mi
Total length
32
Counties
3,278
Hiking
1,162
Mountain biking
1,358
Campsites
96
Boat launches
86
Waterfalls
Outline map of New Mexico

About trails in New Mexico

New Mexico has 3,720 named trails mapped across 32 counties, covering 14,444 miles in total, an average of 3.9 miles per trail. 3,278 of them are tagged for hiking and 1,162 for mountain biking.

The largest networks are Bernalillo County (544 trails), Santa Fe County (410 trails), and Colfax County (322 trails). The longest single trail in the state is Emergency Use in Colfax County, at 216 miles. Across New Mexico the map also carries 502 trailheads, 1,358 campsites, 86 waterfalls, 96 boat launches, and 25 rapids.

Top trails in New Mexico

Emergency UseHikeColfax County216 miOut of ServiceHikeColfax County180 miCDT - New Mexico SectionHikeCatron County179 miEl Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail - Socorro CountyHikeSocorro County163 miGrand Enchantment TrailHikeCatron County159 mibicycleMTBSandoval County135 mi4WDHikeColfax County120 micdtHikeRio Arriba County108 miManzano Crest TrailHikeTorrance County106 miSanta Fe Rail TrailHikeMTBSanta Fe County100 miSanta Fe TrailHikeMora County99.4 miSouth Base TrailHikeLincoln County98.4 miContinental Divide TrailHikeMTBGrant County93.3 miEl Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail - Valencia CountyHikeValencia County73.5 miEl Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail - Doña Ana CountyHikeDoña Ana County66.0 miOld Spanish Trail - Northern Route - Abiquiu Lake to El VadoHikeRio Arriba County62.0 miOld Spanish Trail - Northern Route - El Vado to CarracasHikeRio Arriba County61.0 miEl Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail - Sierra CountyHikeSierra County59.6 miEl Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail - Bernalillo CountyHikeBernalillo County59.5 miContinental Divide TrailHikeHidalgo County57.1 miSanta Fe TrailHikeColfax County56.5 miUpper Cedar Creek TrailHikeMTBLincoln County56.3 miFaulty TrailHikeBernalillo County55.8 miSierra Vista TrailHikeDoña Ana County55.8 mi

Browse by county

Bernalillo County
544 trails · 1,758 mi
Catron County
213 trails · 1,781 mi
Chaves County
22 trails · 62.4 mi
Cibola County
157 trails · 504 mi
Colfax County
322 trails · 1,077 mi
Doña Ana County
82 trails · 353 mi
Eddy County
33 trails · 75.5 mi
Grant County
162 trails · 842 mi
Hidalgo County
19 trails · 149 mi
Lincoln County
125 trails · 683 mi
Los Alamos County
191 trails · 556 mi
Luna County
18 trails · 173 mi
McKinley County
63 trails · 135 mi
Mora County
34 trails · 242 mi
Otero County
121 trails · 313 mi
Rio Arriba County
123 trails · 631 mi
San Juan County
159 trails · 251 mi
San Miguel County
52 trails · 185 mi
Sandoval County
290 trails · 753 mi
Santa Fe County
410 trails · 845 mi
Sierra County
100 trails · 630 mi
Socorro County
137 trails · 1,189 mi
Taos County
225 trails · 515 mi
Torrance County
61 trails · 414 mi
Union County
3 trails · 45.1 mi
Valencia County
45 trails · 266 mi

Trails by town

Ute Park
137 trails nearby
Los Alamos
132 trails nearby
Gila Hot Springs
129 trails nearby
Sandia Heights
80 trails nearby
Ruidoso
73 trails nearby
Mogollon
62 trails nearby
Winston
61 trails nearby
Cedro
57 trails nearby
Vadito
57 trails nearby
Angel Fire
56 trails nearby
Kingston
53 trails nearby
Albuquerque
52 trails nearby
Placitas
52 trails nearby
Truchas
51 trails nearby
San Mateo
47 trails nearby
Cedar Crest
45 trails nearby
Cimarron
45 trails nearby
Magdalena
42 trails nearby
Pinehill
41 trails nearby
La Madera
40 trails nearby
High Rolls
39 trails nearby
Sandia Park
38 trails nearby
Manzano
37 trails nearby
Farmington
33 trails nearby

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