Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico

Palomas

3.6 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 50 · trail class 2 · typical grade 5-8% · hiking, horse · seasonal: hiking 05/31-12/01

Trailhead Palomas Trailhead Drive there

Palomas Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee · reservation required

Palomas Trailhead is located on Forest Road 70 near the SE boundary of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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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.