New Mexico trails · Lake Trail
Lake Trail
A 12.3-mile out-and-back in New Mexico, with 3,472 ft of climbing. Reaches North Seco Spring and other lake/spring destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the final third — 64% of the ascent, between mile 8.2 and mile 12.3.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- North Seco Spring (spring)
- Mimbres Lake (lake)
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Getting there
LAKE — parking nearby, restroom, water. About 4 h 00 min drive (95 mi, 29 of them unpaved) from Silver City. 33.16138, -107.73920 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:49 a.m., the sun rises at 7:14 a.m. and sets at 6:39 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:03 p.m. (MDT) — 11 h 25 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 24.7-mile round trip works out to roughly 12 h 37 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Nearby trails
- Spring Mtn — 7.8 mi
- Animas Divide — 9.3 mi
- Black Range Crest — 12.7 mi
- Tom Moore — 17.0 mi