Hiking trails near Las Cruces, New Mexico

43 official trails lie within 25 miles of Las Cruces — 121 miles in total, 29 rated easy and 6 hard or expert. Every distance and elevation figure below is computed from the agency centerline and a 10 m elevation model, not crowd-sourced.

The biggest climb nearby gains 2,055 ft; the median trail gains 296 ft.

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24 trails worth the drive

Trail	Miles	Climb	Difficulty	From town
Robledo Loop	10.7	812 ft	Expert	6 mi
Baylor Canyon Trail	5.4	1,497 ft	Hard	11 mi
Sst - Trail System	6.3	655 ft	Hard	6 mi
Organ Peak Trail	2.1	2,055 ft	Hard	13 mi
Soledad Canyon Multi-use Path	5.0	1,137 ft	Hard	12 mi
Pine Tree Trail - East	4.1	1,030 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Indian Hollow Trail	2.3	1,367 ft	Moderate	14 mi
Picacho Peak Trail	3.4	834 ft	Moderate	7 mi
Ridge Line Trail	2.9	763 ft	Moderate	6 mi
Dona Ana Mtn - Trail System	5.2	364 ft	Moderate	7 mi
Aden Hills Ohv - Trail System	9.0	226 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Lower Organ Needle Trail	1.2	1,223 ft	Hard	12 mi
Unnamed trail	7.2	137 ft	Moderate	18 mi
Rocotillo Rapids (Extreme)	1.7	562 ft	Easy	6 mi
Bar Canyon Trail	1.8	435 ft	Easy	12 mi
Apache Canyon Trail (Formerly Tabasco Twister)	2.7	376 ft	Easy	6 mi
Dripping Springs Trail	1.6	482 ft	Easy	13 mi
Canyon Loop Trail	3.5	177 ft	Easy	6 mi
Presa Trail	2.2	308 ft	Easy	7 mi
Apache Canyon North	2.2	287 ft	Easy	8 mi
La Maria Trail	2.3	273 ft	Easy	8 mi
Broad Canyon	3.0	214 ft	Easy	20 mi
Palm Park	1.6	324 ft	Easy	7 mi
Arroyo Loop	2.8	187 ft	Easy	5 mi

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