Hikes · New Mexico
Best hikes in New Mexico.
New Mexico hiking spans gypsum dunes, slot-canyon hoodoos, ancestral cliff dwellings, and a 13,000-foot peak above Taos.
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11 hikes worth the detour.
Sorted easy to expert. Every one mapped with distance, route type, and elevation gain — built for everyone from the RV & camping crew to the bucket-list crowd.
a quick walk to a forest waterfall
Bandelier (Alcove House)ladders to ancestral cliff dwellings
Catwalk (Whitewater)a steel walkway over a canyon stream
Catwalk National Recreation Traila suspended metal walkway clinging to the cliffs above Whitewater Creek in the Gila
Tent Rocksa slot canyon among tent-shaped hoodoos
Williams Lakean alpine lake below Wheeler Peak
Slot Canyon Trail (Rio Grande del Norte)down into the Rio Grande gorge
White Sands (Alkali Flat)a marked route across endless gypsum dunes
Nambe Lakean alpine lake in the Sangre de Cristos
Wheeler PeakNew Mexicos high point at 13,161 ft
La Luz Trailthe big climb up the Sandias west face
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Hikes, gems, scenic drives — all in one New Mexico guide.
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