Santa Fe National Forest · New Mexico
Penas Negras
7.5 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 32 · trail class 2 · typical grade 5-8% · hiking, horse, bike · seasonal: hiking 05/31-12/01
Begins at the forest's mile 0, 36.0383, -106.7449 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins
Penas Negras #32 the Forest Service's write-up
The elevation at the trailhead is about 9,300 ft. The trail has a gradual slope throughout and is the longest trail in the Cuba Ranger District. Destination is the San Pedro Parks about 8.2 miles from the trailhead where the trail meets trail #51 (Las Vacas). Water is scarce along the trail. Trail # 418 (Perchas) is crossed at about 2.5 miles. It is 4.2 from the junction to trail #51.
This hike on fs.usda.gov
Every trail in Santa Fe National Forest
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.
