1
White Mountain Recreation Complex
Park
34 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
Outdoors · Ruidoso
Ruidoso, NM parks, trails & bike paths
About 4.3% of Ruidoso is conserved land, roughly 439 acres. There are about 21 miles of mapped trails.
Conserved land, trails, parks and bike routes in Ruidoso, measured from OpenStreetMap and USGS data.
At a glance
Ruidoso outdoors
Conserved land
4.3%
439 of 10,277 acres
Trails
21 mi
1.3 mi per sq mi · 7 on conserved land
Parks & preserves
8
57 conserved acres per 1,000 residents
Bike routes
0.0 mi
0.0 mi lanes · 0.0 mi off-road paths
Conserved land is a share of the whole town area. Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.
Map
Conserved land, trails & bike routes
Tap a number or a place below to zoom in© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk
Parks & preserves with trails
Ranked by mapped trail miles. Directions go to the nearest marked trailhead or public parking.
2
Wingfield Park
Park
8 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
DirectionsTo the parking lot
3
Two Rivers Park
Park
7 acres0.3 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
4
Fort Stanton-Snowy River National Conservation Area
Managed by BLM
111 acres0.1 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
No trailhead mapped yet
Things to do
Beaches, playgrounds, falls & more
Pick a kind of place for the list, directions, or pins on the map above.
Disc golf in Ruidoso
Trails
Named trails
Open to bikes 5.8 miHorses 2.3 miUnpaved 5.2 mi
- Grindstone Canyon Loop Trail1.8 mi
- Alto Eagle Creek Trail1.6 mi
- Alto Reservoir Loop Trail0.7 mi
- Fisherman's Trail0.5 mi
- Moon Mountain Majesty Trail0.2 mi
- Alto Eagle Creek Shortcut0.1 mi
Water
Lakes & rivers
Tap a name for directions.
Who protects the land
439 conserved acres
Who manages it, from PAD-US. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.
Biking & sports
Bike routes, courts & fields
- Painted or protected bike lanes0.0 mi
- Off-road bike paths0.0 mi
- Shoulders & shared lanes0.0 mi
- Grindstone Lake Trail (bike route)0.4 mi
- North Grindstone Connector Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
- Grindstone Ridge Trail (bike route)0.3 mi
Courts & fields
- Tennis9
- Baseball6
- Football3
- Basketball3
- Skate park1
- Volleyball1
Counts include school and college facilities, which aren't always open to the public.
Public lands
The biggest protected places in Ruidoso
From USGS PAD-US: who manages each one and whether visitors are welcome.
Local Park 296 acNational Public Lands 112 acNational Forest 20 acState Resource Management Area 11 ac
Showing 1–10 of 11 places
| Place | Managed by | Acres | Public access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Links at Sierra BlancaLocal Park | Town or city | 165 | Open |
| Roswell Field OfficeNational Public Lands | Bureau of Land Management | 112 | Open |
| Grindstone Lake ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 44 | Open |
| White Mountain Recreation ComplexLocal Park | Town or city | 30 | Open |
| Eagle Creek ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 22 | Open |
| Lincoln National ForestNational Forest | U.S. Forest Service | 20 | Open |
| State Trust LandState Resource Management Area | State land board | 11 | Open |
| School House ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 10 | Open |
| Two Rivers ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 9 | Open |
| Wingfield ParkLocal Park | Town or city | 8 | Open |
History
Historic places to visit
Old MillRuins
Forest Lawn CemeteryCemetery
Nearby
Ruidoso and its neighbors
Towns whose outdoors data has been built so far.
| Town | Conserved | Trails | Parks & preserves |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruidoso | 4.3% | 20.9 mi | 8 |
| Ruidoso Downs | 8.4% | 1.1 mi | 1 |
Trail talk
Conditions & tips from neighbors
No recent posts about Ruidoso's trails yet. Muddy, icy, a bridge out, where to park: a quick post helps the next person.
Sources: trails, parks, preserves, courts and bike lanes © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), map data as of 2026-09-28. Conserved land: USGS Gap Analysis Project, Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Measured against the Census town boundary.
How we measure
"Trails" are OpenStreetMap paths, bridleways, public tracks and unpaved footways, plus footways inside a park or preserve or on a named trail route. Sidewalks are left out. Areas are counted on a 40-meter grid, so overlapping parcels count once. "Conserved" includes conservation easements, which protect land from development but are usually private property. Trailheads are the nearest marked trailhead, public parking lot or information board within about 150 meters of a preserve. Dog rules come from OpenStreetMap when someone has tagged them; otherwise we show what's typical for the land manager, or say the rules aren't recorded.