Planning a trip to New Mexico? Definitely plan to visit one of the many New Mexico wilderness areas. In this post, we highlight 26 New Mexico Wilderness Areas and provide a map so that you can locate these rugged, remote, and wild places.
The state of New Mexico is roughly 77,766,400 acres. Of that acreage, 1,698,604 acres are federally protected as wilderness. The following information about New Mexico Wilderness Areas is gathered from the Wilderness.net database.
Here is a map of the New Mexico Wilderness Areas:
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Below is a list of the New Mexico Wilderness Areas:
Aldo Leopold Wilderness
- Total Acres: 203,524 acres
- Year Designated: 1980
- Agency: US Forest Service
Apache Kid Wilderness
- Total Acres: 44,668 acres
- Year Designated: 1980
- Agency: US Forest Service
Bandelier Wilderness
- Total Acres: 23,267 acres
- Year Designated: 1976
- Agency: National Park Service
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
- Total Acres: 41,170 acres
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Blue Range Wilderness
- Total Acres: 29,106 acres
- Year Designated: 1980
- Agency: US Forest Service
Bosque del Apache Wilderness
- Total Acres: 30,427 acres
- Year Designated: 1975
- Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service
Capitan Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 35,067 acres
- Year Designated: 1980
- Agency: US Forest Service
Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness
- Total Acres: 33,125 acres
- Year Designated: 1978
- Agency: National Park Service
Cebolla Wilderness
- Total Acres: 61,600 acres
- Year Designated: 1987
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Chama River Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 46,052 acres
- Year Designated: 1978
- Agency: US Forest Service
Columbine-Hondo Wilderness
- Total Acres: 44,372 acres
- Year Designated: 2014
- Agency: US Forest Service
Cruces Basin Wilderness
- Total Acres: 18,876 acres
- Year Designated: 1980
- Agency: US Forest Service
Dome Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,183 acres
- Year Designated: 1980
- Agency: US Forest Service
Gila Wilderness
- Total Acres: 559,040 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Latir Peak Wilderness
- Total Acres: 20,420 acres
- Year Designated: 1980
- Agency: US Forest Service
Manzano Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 36,664 acres
- Year Designated: 1978
- Agency: US Forest Service
Ojito Wilderness
- Total Acres: 11,823 acres
- Year Designated: 2005
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Pecos Wilderness
- Total Acres: 221,819 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Sabinoso Wilderness
- Total Acres: 19,625 acres
- Year Designated: 2009
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Salt Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 9,621 acres
- Year Designated: 1970
- Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service
San Pedro Parks Wilderness
- Total Acres: 41,305 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Sandia Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 37,256 acres
- Year Designated: 1978
- Agency: US Forest Service
West Malpais Wilderness
- Total Acres: 39,540 acres
- Year Designated: 1987
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Wheeler Peak Wilderness
- Total Acres: 19,180 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
White Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 47,061 acres
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Withington Wilderness
- Total Acres: 18,813 acres
- Year Designated: 1980
- Agency: US Forest Service
For more information about the numerous wilderness areas scattered across the United States, visit Wilderness.net.
See Also:
- 10 Largest Wilderness Areas In The Lower 48
- 10 Largest Wilderness Areas In The United States
- Montana Wilderness Areas – List & Map
- Idaho Wilderness Areas – List & Map
- Oregon Wilderness Areas – List & Map
- Washington Wilderness Areas – List & Map
