Fossilized footprint from Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

In the list of BLM sites below, you will find Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas. For the most part, Wilderness Areas and Wilderness Study Areas forbid access by all motorized or mechanized vehicles (inlcuding mountain bikes and hang gliders). That's because they are areas that retain an essential primeval character and are mostly undisturbed by the actions of modern man. Wilderness Study Areas have been determined to meet the basic criteria for designation as Wilderness Areas but Congress has yet to take action on formally making that designation. The Bureau of Land Management manages 4 designated Wilderness Areas and 59 Wilderness Study Areas in New Mexico.

There are quite a few BLM sites in New Mexico that are primarily for Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) use. OHVs include dirt bikes, ATVs, rock crawlers, some motorcycles, etc. In New Mexico, that means if you aren't somehow exempted by the New Mexico Department of Motor Vehicles, your vehicle must be registered and carry a license plate on it. Drivers must also have a valid driver's license or learner's permit, or be directly under the supervision of a licensed person at least 18 years old, or be certified by the state as being competent to drive OHVs as a result of passing a state approved operator's training program.

Anyone between the ages of 13 and 69 needs to have a Habitat Improvement Stamp in order to fish on BLM lands in New Mexico.

Aguirre Spring Campground
Angel Peak National Recreation Area
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
Black River Recreation Area
The Box Recreation Area
Cabezon Peak Wilderness Study Area
Cebolla Wilderness
Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
Continental Divide National Scenic Trail
Datil Well Recreation Area
Dripping Springs Natural Area
Dunes OHV Recreation Area
El Malpais National Conservation Area
Fort Craig National Historic Site
Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area
Gila Lower Box Canyon
Glade Run Recreation Area
Gordy's Hill Area
Granite Gap
Guadalupe Back Country Byway
Hackberry Lake OHV Area
Haystack Mountain OHV Area
Ignacio Chavez Special Management Area
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
Kilbourne Hole Volcanic Crater
La Cueva Non-Motorized Trail System
Lake Valley Back Country Byway
Lake Valley Historic Townsite
Mescalero Sands North Dune OHV Area
Ojito Wilderness
Orilla Verde Recreation Area
Pecos River Corridor Recreation Area
Perea Nature Trail
Prehistoric Trackways National Monument
Quebradas Back Country Byway
Rio Chama Wild and Scenic River
Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River
Robledo Mountains OHV Trail System
Sabinoso Wilderness
San Lorenzo Canyon Recreation Area
San Ysidro Trials Area
Santa Cruz Lake Recreation Area
Sierra Vista Trail
Simon Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Socorro Nature Area
Soledad Canyon Day Use Area
Three Rivers Petroglyph Site
Valley of Fires Recreation Area
West Malpais Wilderness
White Mesa Bike Trails
Wild Rivers Back Country Byway
Wild Rivers Recreation Area