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Santa Fe
National Forest
1474 Rodeo Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505

Phone:(505) 438-7840
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Recreational Activities

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Española Ranger District Recreational Activities

Campgrounds | Picnic Areas | Trails


CAMPGROUNDS

Aspen Basin CampingPicnic AreaRestroomsCamping Trailer
Units: 10
Seasons of Use: Year-round
Location: 8 miles from downtown Santa Fe on Highway 475
Black Canyon

CampingPicnic AreaRestroomsDrinking Water

Units: 42
Seasons of Use: Spring-Fall
Location: 8 miles from downtown Santa Fe on Highway 475
Big Tesuque CampingPicnic AreaRestrooms
Units: 10
Seasons of Use: Spring-Fall
Location: 12 miles from downtown Santa Fe on Highway 475
Borrego Mesa CampingPicnic AreaCamping Trailer
Units: 10
Seasons of Use: Year round
Location: Twenty miles east of Espanola, NM

 

 

PICNIC AREAS

Aspen Vista Picnic AreaRestrooms
Units: 10
Seasons of Use: Year round
Location: 13 miles from downtown Santa Fe on NM 475
Little Tesuque Picnic AreaRestrooms
Units: 10
Seasons of Use: Year round
Location: 7 miles from downtown Santa Fe on NM 475

 

TRAILS

 

Trail 6 Cienega Redonda HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 2 miles  Use: Light
This trail starts in the Frijoles drainage and ends in the meadow of Cienega Redonda.
Trail 69 Mitchell Trail Hiking
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 4.4 miles  Use: Moderate
This trail crosses Rendija Canyon.
Trail 101 Upper Nambe Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 1/2 mile Use: Moderate
This trail serves as a shortcut from popular Winsor Trail 254 to the Rio Nambe.
Trail 150 Borrego Mesa Trail-Part 1 HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 17 miles Use: Light
Starting from Aspen Ranch, this trail crosses Rio En Medio, Rio Nambe and Rio Frijoles.
Trail 150 Borrego Mesa Trail-Part 2 HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 4 miles Use: Heavy
This trail drops to Tesuque Creek before intersecting with Winsor Trail 254.
Trail 150, 254, 182 Borrego/Bear Wallow Loop HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 4 miles Use: Heavy
This trail drops down to Tesuque Creek and follows Winsor Trail 254 and back to the parking lot.
Trail 153 Rio Quemado Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 10 miles Use: Light
This trail climbs to 10,800 feet before dropping off into the canyons of the Rio Quemado.
Trail 154 Frijoles Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 9 miles Use: Light
This trail crosses back and forth along the Rio Frijoles.
Trail 155 Rio Medio Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 10 miles Use: Moderate
This trail switchbacks down to the canyon bottom and follows the rio upstream.
Trail 160 Nambe Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 12 miles Use: Moderate
From the Nambe Reservoir, the trail follows the Rio Nambe.
Trail 162 Capulin Cienega Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 7 miles Use: Light
This trail climbs out of the Rio Nambe drainage and through an area of Ponderosa Pine and mixed conifer.
Trail 163 Rio En Medio Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 7 miles Use: Moderate
After numerous stream crossings, this trail enters a mixed conifer forest.
Trail 170 Ponderosa Ridge-Atalaya Mountain Trails BikingHiking
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 2.75 miles Use: Heavy
These trails are popular because they are close to Santa Fe and offer wonderful views.
Trail 174 St. John's-Atalaya Mountain Trails BikingHiking
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 1.5 miles Use: Heavy
These trails are popular because they are close to Santa Fe and offer wonderful views.
Trail 181 Black Canyon Trail Hiking
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 3 miles Use: Heavy
After leaving Black Canyon Campground this trail rises through a beautiful aspen and mixed conifer grove.
Trail 183 Chamisa Trail BikingHiking
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 2.5 miles Use: Heavy
This trail is at a low elevation which makes this ideal for short trips from town.
Trail 228 Rito Gallina Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 8 miles Use: Light
This trail is somewhat isolated, remote, and little used.
Trail 231 Redondo Peak Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 3 miles Use: Light
This trail climbs steeply up the Rito Frijoles where there are great campsites and views.
Trail 234 Scout Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 5 miles Use: Light
From Rancho Viejo, this trail heads uphill to the northwest.
Trail 243 Horsethief Meadows HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 3 miles Use: Light
This trail follows a small tributary of Horsethief Creek.
Trail 251 Skyline Trail, Part 1 Hiking
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 6 miles Use: Heavy
This trail arrives at the summit of Deception Peak with Nambe Lake directly below to the north.
Trail 254 Winsor Trail, Part 1 BikingHiking
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 5 miles Use: Light
During this section of the trail you will pass through piñon pine and juniper forest and numerous stream crossings.
Trail 254 Winsor Trail, Part 2 HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 5 miles Use: Heavy
This trail passes the Puerto Nambe and to Santa Fe Baldy.
Trail 255 NORSKI Trail HikingCross-country skiing
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 2.5 miles Use: Heavy
There are many opportunities to shorten or lengthen this trail by using one of the several cutoffs and skipping some of the loops, or repeating others.
Trail 279 Cabra Loop BikingHikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 2.7 miles Use: Heavy
This trail switchbacks out of Rendija Canyon and up a side canyon to Beanfield Mesa.
Trail 280 Pajarito Canyon Trail BikingHiking
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 1.5 miles Use: Moderate
This trail has been rehabilitated after the Cerro Grande Fire and sections have been re-routed.
Trail 282 Guaje Canyon Trail-Part 1 BikingHikingCross-country skiing
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 2 miles Use: Heavy
This section of the trail is an old forest road, and in excellent condition.
Trail 285 Guaje Ridge Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 5 miles Use: Light
Trail 287 Quemazon Trail BikingHiking
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 3 miles Use: Heavy
This was once an old wagon road. Wagon ruts can still be seen on the trail.
Trail 289 Valle Trail BikingHikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Moderate  Length: 2.5 miles Use: Light
This trail was formely a wagon road and then a jeep trail leading up the Cañon de Valle.
Trail 351 Joe Vigil Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 1 mile Use: Light
This trail offers the most direct route from the western slope of the Pecos to the high country areas of Trailrider’s Wall and the base of Truchas Peaks.
Trail 400 Nambe Lake Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Difficult  Length: 1 miles Use: Heavy
This trail follows a major fork of the Rio Nambe.
Tesuque Peak Road Trail HikingPack and Saddle
Difficulty: Easy  Length: 2.5 miles Use: Heavy
This trail makes a series of climbs through one of the largest continuous stands of aspen in New Mexico.

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