Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway
BLM Back Country Byway 16 mi in New Mexico.
About the Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway
The Wild Rivers Back Country Byway is a 13 mile closed-loop road providing access to BLM's Wild Rivers Recreation Area within the Rio Grande National Monument. The double-lane, low-speed, paved road provides the visitor with access to scenic views and recreational facilities in the Recreation Area. For information regarding what you will see, or the public lands you will have access to along the byway, see BLM's Wild Rivers Recreation Area website.
Bureau of Land Management's own description, in its words. Byway page on blm.gov.
Designations: BLM Back Country Byway, State Scenic Backway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 0 · 5.0 mi offGoat Hill Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 13 · on the roadBig Arsenic Springs · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 13 · on the roadLittle Arsenic Springs Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 2 sites
- Mile 13 · on the roadMontoso Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 14 · on the roadCamp Stie · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 14 · on the roadLa Junta Campground · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 14 · 1.4 mi offCebolla Mesa · Forest Service
- Mile 15 · on the roadEl Aguaje Campground Shelter · Bureau of Land Management
- Mile 15 · on the roadEl Aguaje Campground · Bureau of Land Management
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.