Gila National Forest · New Mexico
Tadpole Ridge
8.6 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 232 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · hiking, horse, bike
Trailheads Sheep Corral #231 Trailhead Drive there · Signal Peak #742 Trailhead Drive there
Sheep Corral #231 Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Trailhead for access to Sheep Corral Canyon - Trail #231, heading north towards the Gila River and Wilderness, and Tadpole Ridge - Trail #232, heading south towards the Signal Peak Trailhead on New Mexico Highway 15.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Signal Peak #742 Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up
Trailhead on the west side of New Mexico Highway 15, between mile markers 14 and 15, for Signal Peak Trail #742 (across the road from the trailhead) and for Tadpole Ridge Trail #232 heading north towards the Sheep Corral Trailhead.
This trailhead on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Gila National Forest
Other trails from the same trailheads
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.
