Bike rides in New Mexico

Explore 5 rail-trail, greenway and park ride options in New Mexico, with route lengths, surfaces, access notes and starting locations. These are selected recreational outings, not an exhaustive trail inventory. Read each guide’s scope and access cautions before choosing a ride.

5 ride guides · alphabetical order

• Berg / Animas — Fairview public head: short bicycle return

  Farmington

  Up to 2 miles return · Out-and-back

  Improved crusher-fine main path, with paver / timber transitions

  Follow the signed main path along the signed riverside main path toward Animas Park. Turn after 1 outward mile or before the first public-road crossing, work barrier, uncertain continuation or uncomfortable transition, whichever comes first; retrace. Walk any initial lot or access-drive interface. Do not use a road or private-property detour.

• Canyon Rim — East Road public head: short bicycle return

  Los Alamos

  Up to 2 miles return · Out-and-back

  Paved existing main trail

  Follow the signed main path west toward town on the existing paved Canyon Rim trail. Turn after 1 outward mile or before the first public-road crossing, work barrier, uncertain continuation or uncomfortable transition, whichever comes first; retrace. Walk any initial lot or access-drive interface. Do not use a road or private-property detour.

• Links fitness trail — White Mountain Sports Complex: short bicycle return

  Ruidoso

  Up to 1 mile return · Out-and-back

  Asphalt / paved public Links perimeter fitness path; not golf cart lanes

  Follow the signed main path along the signed public paved Links golf-perimeter fitness path away from the sports-complex access. Turn after 0.5 outward miles or before the first public-road crossing, work barrier, uncertain continuation or uncomfortable transition, whichever comes first; retrace. Walk any initial lot or access-drive interface. Do not use a road or private-property detour.

• Paseo del Bosque: Shining River to before Montaño

  Albuquerque

  About 6 miles main return plus parking walk · Out and back

  Asphalt shared-use main path.

  This outing follows the paved east-bank Bosque path south from the Paseo del Norte area, then returns before Montaño Road. It gives you a stretch of the Rio Grande corridor without committing to the entire 16-mile city trail. Trees, river habitat and nearby irrigation channels give the ride its setting, though the river is not continuously visible from the pavement.

• Santa Fe Rail Trail: short paved Railyard return

  Santa Fe

  Up to 1 mile return · Out and back

  Paved city rail-trail subsection

  Walk from legal depot-area public parking to the signed Rail Trail. Follow the paved city trail south up to half a mile and retrace. Stop at the first road or rail interface if you do not want to cross; never enter active railway tracks.