Hiking New Mexico: A Guide to the State’s Greatest Hiking Adventures

509 Pages·2018·151.07 MB·English

by  Laurence Parent

HIKING NEW MEXICO
A GUIDE TO THE STATE’S GREATEST HIKING
ADVENTURES
FOURTH EDITION
Laurence Parent
FALCONGUIDES
GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT
In memory of my parents, Hiram and Annette Parent, who loved New
Mexico.
®
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in-Publication Data Names: Parent, Laurence, author.
Title: Hiking New Mexico : a guide to the state’s greatest hiking adventures / Laurence Parent.
Description: Fourth edition. | Guilford, Conn. : FalconGuides, 2018. | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017054708 (print) | LCCN 2017056678 (ebook) | ISBN 9781493031108 (e-
book) | ISBN 9781493031092 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Hiking—New Mexico—
Guidebooks. | Trails—New Mexico—Guidebooks. | New Mexico—Guidebooks.
Classification: LCC GV199.42.N6 (ebook) | LCC GV199.42.N6 P377 2018 (print) | DDC
796.5109789—dc23
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Printed in the United States of America The author and The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing
Group, Inc., assume no liability for accidents happening to, or injuries sustained by, readers
who engage in the activities described in this book.

THE HIKES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
MEET YOUR GUIDE
MAP AND ICON LEGENDS
TRAIL FINDER
BEFORE YOU HIT THE TRAIL
INTRODUCTION
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
1 Upper Falls
2 Alcove House
3 Bandelier Wilderness
4 Tsankawi
5 McCauley Hot Springs
6 Jemez River
7 San Pedro Parks
8 Tent Rocks
9 Chavez Canyon
10 Santa Fe Baldy
11 Tesuque Creek
12 Lake Katherine
13 Stewart Lake
14 Cave Creek
15 Holy Ghost Creek
16 Beatty’s Cabin
17 Hermit Peak
18 Trampas Lakes
19 San Leonardo Lakes