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The Dome Wilderness is easily accessible from Los Alamos, New Mexico, by paved and gravel roads. There are several trailheads on the national forest and some trails extend into the national monument, allowing for long loop hikes. Like the rest of the Santa Fe National Forest, the wilderness area has many prehistoric sites.
The official route of the CDT in New Mexico is 794.5 miles (1,278.6 km) long, [1] although many alternate routes shorten or lengthen that distance. The lowest elevation of the trail in New Mexico is 4,189 feet (1,277 m) in the town of Lordsburg [24] and the highest elevation in New Mexico is 11,301 feet (3,445 m) at the summit of Mount Taylor ...
The Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness is a 45,000-acre (18,000 ha) wilderness area located in San Juan County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Established in 1984, the Wilderness is a desolate area of steeply eroded badlands managed by the Bureau of Land Management , except three parcels of private Navajo land within its boundaries. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Wilderness areas of New Mexico" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Dome Wilderness; G. Gila Wilderness; L.
Wild Rivers Recreation Area is located in north central New Mexico within the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. Two rivers that run through the park, the Rio Grande and Red River are National Wild and Scenic Rivers. NM 378 that traverses the recreation area is designated a New Mexico Scenic Byway. Recreational opportunities include ...
The West Malpais Wilderness was created on December 31, 1987, with the passage of Public Law 100-225 by the 100th Congress. An important piece of public lands legislation, the law created not only the West Malpais Wilderness, but also created the 231,230 acre El Malpais National Conservation Area, the El Malpais National Monument, the Cebolla Wilderness, and the Masau Trail. [1]
Bosque del Apache Wilderness is a designated Wilderness Area on the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in Socorro County, New Mexico. Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , the Wilderness, established in 1975, contains 30,427 acres distributed between three units.
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is a U.S. National Monument created to protect Mogollon cliff dwellings in the Gila Wilderness on the headwaters of the Gila River in southwest New Mexico. The 533-acre (2.16 km 2 ) national monument was established by President Theodore Roosevelt through executive proclamation on November 16, 1907. [ 3 ]