New Mexico trails · 976
976
A 6.8-mile out-and-back in New Mexico, with 1,513 ft of climbing. Reaches Hay Tank and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 54% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 2.3. It climbs almost continuously, with little descent to recover on.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Hay Tank (lake)
- Middle Tank (lake)
- Thompson Tank (lake)
- Hay Mesa Tank (lake)
- Powderhorn Tank (lake)
Getting there
976 access. About 1 h 30 min drive (44 mi, 8 of them unpaved) from Silver City. 32.98746, -108.00377 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:50 a.m., the sun rises at 7:15 a.m. and sets at 6:40 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:05 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 25 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 13.6-mile round trip takes roughly 6 h 33 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 1:48 p.m. — 4 h 51 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Black Range Crest — 8.6 mi
- Middle Mesa — 14.3 mi
- Tom Moore — 14.9 mi
- Animas Divide — 17.3 mi