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Recreation Region: Wilderness Ranger District

CDNST/Mimbres Access #741 Trailhead

Trailhead for the 4 mile long Continental Divide National Scenic Trail - Mimbres Access Trail #153 providing access to the Mimbres Trail #77 (roughly 0.6 miles to Trail #77) and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (roughly 4 miles travel).

General Information

Year-round

Parking is available overnight; occupancy and use at the trailhead is dawn to dusk.

No pass required

Permits are required for commercial or organized uses.

Please do not camp in trailhead parking areas. All stock feed brought onto the Gila National Forest must be certified weed free.

There is no fee for use

Pets must be leashed in the trailhead

Please contact the Gila National Forest Supervisors Office at 575-388-8201 for information about outfitters and guides who are authorized to operate on the forest. 

Wilderness Office Building

Address: 3697 Hwy 35 N., HC 68 Box 50 Mimbres, NM 88049
Phone: (575) 536-2250
Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Closed on federal holidays)

Getting There

Latitude / Longitude

Latitude: 33.06660461

Longitude: -107.98544312

Elevation

7593

Directions

From New Mexico Highway 35 north of Mimbres, turn east onto Forest Road 152, Mcknight Road, following it approximately 13 miles to the trailhead adjacent to the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Area.

Parking

Ample parking

Facility and Amenity Information

Accessibility

Water

Potable water is not available at this site.

Horse/Pack Animal Information

Horse/Pack animals are allowed at this site.

Equestrian corral provided

Recreation Opportunities

Last updated April 4th, 2025