Recreation Areas

Recreation Areas in New Mexico

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Facility Name Description Activities Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center The Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center is located in southeast New Mexico. It is the only facility in the nation dedicated to holding, studying, culturing, and distributing  more... El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail Added to the National Trails System in October 2000, El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (Royal Road of the Interior) National Historic Trail recognizes the primary route between the colonial Spanish  more... Autotouring El Malpais National Conservation Area El Malpais National Conservation Area was established by congress to protect the   more... Autotouring , Biking , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Horseback Riding , Offhighway Vehicles , Pets , Picnic , Recreational Vehicles , Wildlife Viewing El Malpais National Monument El Malpais National Monument and Conservation Area was established in 1987 and is a relative newcomer to the National Park System. This monument preserves 114,277 acres of which 109,260 acres are  more... Autotouring , Biking , Camping , Climbing , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing El Morro National Monument Rising 200 feet above the valley floor, this massive sandstone bluff was a welcome landmark for weary travelers. A reliable waterhole hidden at its base made El Morro (or Inscription Rock) a popular  more... Camping , Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic Fort Union National Monument Fort Union was established in 1851 by Lieutenant Colonel Edwin V. Sumner as a guardian and protector of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed  more... Hiking , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument offers a glimpse of the homes and lives of the people of the Mogollon culture who lived in the Gila Wilderness from the 1280s through the early 1300s. The  more... Biking , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Museum/Visitor Center , Picnic , Wildlife Viewing Gila National Forest Located above the desert of southwest New Mexico, lies the Gila National Forest comprised of 3.3 million acres of forest and rangeland. This is a rugged realm of cactus and grass, juniper and pine,  more... Autotouring , Camping , Fishing , Hiking , Historic/Cultural Sites , Hunting , Museum/Visitor Center , Pets , Picnic , Recreational Vehicles , Restaurants and SnackBar , Water Sports , Wildlife Viewing Glade Run Recreation Management Area The approximately 27,400 acres of public land within the Glade Run Trail System encompass a wide variety of topography, from rolling hills to sandy arroyo bottoms to sandstone slickrock. Vegetation  more... Biking , Hiking , Horseback Riding , Offhighway Vehicles Guadalupe Back Country Byway For 30 miles, the Byway travels the transition from the cholla cactus of the Chihuahuan Desert to the pines of the Guadalupe Escarpment. Travelers can see mule deer, pronghorn antelope, gray fox,  more... Autotouring

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