Catron County, New Mexico
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- Alma — Ghost Town · Catron County, NM
Semi-ghost settlement on U.S. 180 in Catron County between Glenwood and Reserve. Laid out in the 1870s mining boom and later associated with the WS Ranch and…
- Catwalk National Recreation Trail — Natural · Catron County, NM
Steel catwalks and bridges suspended above Whitewater Creek in a narrow canyon of the Gila National Forest near Glenwood. Originally built for an 1890s minin…
- Cooney — Ghost Town · Catron County, NM
Mineral Creek mining camp above Mogollon in the Mogollon Mountains, named for prospector James Cooney. Field pin for canyon mine works and camp remnants alon…
- Datil Well Recreation Area — Historic · Catron County, NM
BLM campground and day-use area at one of the historic water wells along the Magdalena Livestock Driveway (the old cattle trail from western ranges to the ra…
- Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument — Historic · Catron County, NM
Mogollon (Southern Ancestral Pueblo) cliff dwellings built in natural caves above Cliff Dweller Creek in the late 1200s. A short loop trail climbs to five ca…
- Jordan Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Catron County, NM
Backcountry warm spring pool (~20 ft diameter, ~3 ft deep, roughly 94–100 °F) on the Middle Fork of the Gila River in the Gila Wilderness. Reached by a moder…
- Lightfeather Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Catron County, NM
Primitive geothermal spring on the Middle Fork of the Gila River in Gila National Forest, about a ¾-mile walk from the Gila Visitor Center / Middle Fork Trai…
- Mogollon — Ghost Town · Catron County, NM
Late-1800s silver and gold boomtown tucked in Silver Creek Canyon on the edge of the Gila Wilderness. Once among the wildest camps in the Southwest (peak pop…
- Pie Town — Historic · Catron County, NM
High-country hamlet on U.S. 60 in Catron County, known for pie cafes, Continental Divide Trail resupply, and Russell Lee’s 1940 Farm Security Administration …
- Quemado Lake Recreation Area — Natural · Catron County, NM
USFS recreation complex on ~130-acre Quemado Lake in the Gila National Forest (Quemado Ranger District), about 16 miles south of Quemado. Piñon and Juniper c…
- San Francisco Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Catron County, NM
Undeveloped riverside geothermal pools on Gila National Forest along the San Francisco River south of Glenwood. Reached by Trail #250 from a signed US 180 tr…
- Snow Lake Recreation Area — Natural · Catron County, NM
High-elevation (~7,300–7,450 ft) USFS reservoir and recreation area on the Reserve Ranger District, Gila National Forest. About 90 acres of water with Dippin…
- Upper Frisco Hot Springs — Hot Spring · Catron County, NM
Primitive geothermal spring high on the San Francisco River / Frisco Divide country in the Gila National Forest, Catron County. Distinct from the better-know…