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New Mexico
Water Canyon
7.1 mi
Distance
2,411 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Lincoln National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Water Canyon
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 7.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,411 ft
- Highest point
- 9,175 ft
- Lowest point
- 6,794 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- no
About this trail
Water Canyon is a 7.12-mile out-and-back trail in New Mexico with 2,651 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows a canyon route and returns via the same path it went out on.
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