Gila National Forest · New Mexico

Black Canyon

12 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 72 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · hiking, horse, bike

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 33.1843, -108.0174 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Lower Black Canyon #94 Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Trailhead at the western end of Lower Black Canyon Campground to access Lower Black Canyon Trail #94.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Every trail in Gila National Forest

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.