Carson National Forest

419 Trails 276 POIs 107 Peaks 34 Campsites

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Description

In the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, this forest has over 330 mi (530 km) of trails and Taos Ski Valley. The highest point in the forest is Wheeler Peak, also New Mexico’s highest point, at 13,161 ft (4,011 m).

Trails in the Hikepack map

  • 1684
  • 35007
  • 439 A
  • Adobe Trail
  • Angostura Cutoff Trail (19A)
  • Angostura Trail (493)
  • CDT
  • CDT alt Ghost Ranch
  • CDT jcc
  • CDT jcf
  • CDT jcj
  • CDT jcm
  • CDT jcq
  • CDT jcu
  • CDT jefGH
  • CDT jejGH
  • CDT jemGH
  • CDT jeqGH Ghost Ranch Old route now alternate
  • CDT jfc
  • CDT jfg
  • Calle Contento
  • Canyon To Maes Trail
  • Cdt
  • Cdt Ghost Ranch Alt
  • Co Road 162
  • Columbine Creek Trail #71
  • Comales Trail (22)
  • Coman Che Trail
  • Continental Divide Trail
  • County Road
  • County Road 247
  • Cow Lake Trail #96
  • Deer Creek Trail #69
  • Devisadero Loop Trail
  • Divide Trail (36)
  • Dry Fork Trail #112
  • Duran Canyon Road
  • Duran Road
  • East Fork Trail #56
  • East Fork Trail (26)
  • Elliot Barker
  • F R 153
  • F R 17
  • F R 176
  • F R 1889
  • F R 437
  • F R 438
  • F R 439
  • F R 440
  • F R 441
  • F R 442
  • F R 478
  • F R 70
  • F R 76
  • FR 161
  • FR 437
  • Falls Route
  • Fdr 103
  • Flechado Canyon
  • Forest 76 Road
  • Forest Road 114
  • Forest Road 118
  • Forest Road 284
  • Forest Road 445
  • Forest Road 494
  • Forest Road 572
  • Forest Road 576
  • Forest Road 58
  • Forest Road 639
  • Forest Road 708
  • Forest Road 80
  • Forest Road 87A
  • Forest Ser Road 44
  • Forest Service 442 Road
  • Forest Trail 124
  • Forest Trail 164
  • Fr 106
  • Fr 133D
  • Fr 274
  • Fr 418
  • Fr 419
  • Fr 419 A
  • Fr 576
  • Fr 76
  • Fr 78
  • Fr 80
  • Fr 87
  • Fr 87Aa
  • Fr 88A
  • Fr 93
  • Gavilan Trail #60
  • Ghost Ranch CDT alt
  • Gold Hill Trail #64
  • Goose Creek Trail #65
  • Goose Lake Trail 66
  • Hidden Lake Trail (45)
  • Ho Chin Min
  • Indiana Creek
  • Italianos Canyon Trail #59
  • JR Memorial Trail
  • Jicarita Peak Route
  • Kitchen Mesa Trail
  • La Cueva Canyon Trail 492
  • La Junta Canyon Road
  • La Junta Trail
  • Lajunta Road
  • Lama Canyon Trail #98
  • Lobo Peak Trail #57
  • Long Canyon Trail #63
  • Lost Lake Trail #91
  • Luna Canyon Road
  • Manzanita Canyon Trail #58
  • Middle Fork Trail (24)
  • Moly Mine Road
  • Pioneer Creek Trail #171
  • Placer Fork Shortcut Trail #191
  • Placer Fork Trail #72
  • Policarpio Trail
  • Pr Road 1311
  • Practice Slope
  • Red River Nature Trail #66
  • San Cristobal Canyon Trail #78
  • San Leonardo Lakes Trail (Trail 30)
  • Sangre de Cristo
  • Sassafras
  • Sawmill Park Trail #55
  • Serpent Lake Trail (19)
  • Skyline Trail
  • Skyline Trail (251)
  • South Boundary
  • Sun Mountain Rd
  • Trail 181
  • Trail 442
  • Trail 7
  • Trampas Lakes Trail (Trail 31)
  • Upper Lagunitas Road
  • Valle Grande Truck Trail
  • Valle Verde
  • West Fork Trail (25)
  • Wheeler Peak Summit Trail #67
  • Wheeler Peak Trail #90
  • Whoop De Do
  • Williams Lake Trail #62
  • Willow Fork Trail #104
  • Winter Range Road
  • Yerba Canyon Trail #61

Attractions in the Hikepack map

  • Agua Piedra Campground
  • Alpine Lodge
  • American Mesa
  • Ancones
  • Angostura
  • Angostura Trail Parking
  • Armadillo Parking
  • Baldy Mountain
  • Banco Julian
  • Banco Lona
  • Bancos Mesa
  • Barranca
  • Bear Mountain
  • Bear Parking
  • Best Western
  • Big Horn
  • Big Rock
  • Bighorn Peak
  • Bison Parking
  • Black Mountain
  • Broke Off Mountain
  • Bull-of-the-Woods Mountain
  • Burned Mountain
  • Buzzard Park Campground
  • Cabresto Lake
  • Cabresto Mesa
  • Cabresto Peak
  • Canjilon
  • Canjilon Creek
  • Canjilon Lakes
  • Canjilon Mountain
  • Canjilon Mountain Lookout Cabin Historic Site
  • Canjilon Post Office
  • Capulin Campground
  • Carracas
  • Carracas Mesa
  • Carracas Rim
  • Cebolla Mesa
  • Cedar Rock
  • Cedar Springs Campground
  • Cereza Mesa
  • Cerrito Colorado
  • Cerrito Dormilon
  • Cerro Azul
  • Cerro Mojino
  • Cerro Negro
  • Cerro Olla
  • Cerro Picacho
  • Cerro Vista
  • Cerro de los Taoses
  • Cerro del Oso
  • Chino Peak
  • Chosa Mesa
  • Comales Campground
  • Comanche Rim
  • Copper King Lodge
  • Coyote Parking
  • Cruces Basin Campground
  • Cuchilla Campground
  • Cuchilla Del Ojo
  • Cuchillo Del Medio Campground
  • Cuchillo de Fernando
  • Deer Parking
  • Delgado Hall Historic Site
  • Der Markt Food Store
  • Devils Mesa
  • Devisadero Peak
  • Duran Canyon
  • Eagle Parking
  • Echo Campground
  • El Rito
  • El Rito Campground
  • El Rito Post Office
  • El Valle
  • Elephant Rock Campground
  • Fawn Lakes
  • Flag Mountain
  • Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology
  • Fraser Mountain
  • Gallegos Peak
  • Gallina Peak
  • Ghost Ranch Living Museum
  • Gila Monster Parking
  • Goat Hill Campground
  • Gold Hill
  • Greenie Peak
  • Hopewell
  • J. Griffin
  • Jawbone Mountain
  • Jicarilla Peak
  • Jicarita Peak
  • Junebug Campground
  • Kiowa Mountain
  • Kiowa Village
  • La Bobita Campground
  • La Cava Basin
  • La Cueva Peak
  • La Jara Mesa
  • La Junta Canyon
  • La Mesita
  • La Sombra Campground
  • LaMadera
  • Laguna Larga
  • Laguna Seca Mesa
  • Lagunitas
  • Lake Fork Peak
  • Lama
  • Lamy Peak
  • Las Mochas
  • Las Petacas Campground
  • Las Tablas
  • Latir Mesa
  • Lifts West Bar & Grill
  • Lifts West Hotel
  • Little Jicarita Peak
  • Little Red School House
  • Lobo Peak
  • Lodge at Red River
  • Los Pinos
  • Lower Hondo Campground
  • Mesa Juan Domingo
  • Mesa Montosa
  • Mesa Vibora
  • Mesa de la Jarita
  • Mesa de los Viejos
  • Mesa del Medio
  • Mesa del Yeso
  • Mestenas Mesa
  • Mestenas Peak
  • Middle Mesa
  • Mogote Peak
  • Mogotito
  • Moly
  • Mount Walter
  • Ojito
  • Ojo Sarco
  • Old Mike Peak
  • Olguin Mesa
  • Ortiz Peak
  • Osha Mountain
  • Pecho de la Doncella
  • Perra Peak
  • Petaca
  • Petaca Mesa
  • Petaca Peak
  • Peñascoso Mountain
  • Pinabete Peak
  • Pinoreal Peak
  • Placitas
  • Plaza Blanca
  • Ponce de Leon Hot Springs
  • Ponderosa Lodge
  • Pot Creek
  • Quartzite Peak
  • Ranchos Peak
  • Red Hill
  • Red Mesa
  • Red River
  • Red River Lodge and Cabins
  • Red River Post Office
  • Relica Peak
  • Rio Pueblo
  • Ripley Point
  • Rock Wall
  • Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology
  • San Antonio Mountain
  • San Cristobal
  • San Cristobal Post Office
  • San Miguel
  • Santa Barbara
  • Sawmill Mountain
  • Scissors Corral
  • Shady Brook
  • Sierra Negra
  • Sierra de Don Fernando
  • Sipapu
  • Ski Tip
  • Solo
  • South Fork Peak
  • South Petaca
  • Stray Dog Cantina
  • Sublette
  • Sundance Restaurant
  • Taos Cone
  • Taos Junction
  • Taos Peak
  • Taos Ski Valley
  • Terrace Towers Lodge
  • Tetillas Peak
  • Texas Red's
  • The Knob
  • Timbers
  • Toltec
  • Toltec Mesa
  • Tombe
  • Trailhead Parking
  • Trampas
  • Trampas Campground
  • Trampas Peak
  • Trampas Post Office
  • Tres Orejas
  • Tres Piedras Post Office
  • Tres Ritos
  • Trout Lakes
  • Tunnel Hill
  • Tusas Mountain
  • Twining
  • Twining Campground
  • U S Hill
  • Upper La Junta Campground
  • Valle Escondido
  • Valle Grande Peak
  • Vallecito
  • Vallecitos
  • Venado Peak
  • View Point
  • Vigas Mesa
  • Virsylvia Peak
  • Wheeler Peak
  • Whitstlestop Cafe
  • Williams Lake Trailhead Parking
  • WorldMark Red River

Copyright

The PDF and JPG maps are released by Hikepack under the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
Contains data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) under the Open Database License (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/). Topographic map based on elevation data from Viewfinderpanoramas.org (Jonathan de Ferranti). Description text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License). Cover image ©Fredlyfish4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._National_Forests#/media/File:Wheeler_from_Walter.JPG CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)