New Mexico Wilderness Areas
New Mexico has 39 designated wilderness areas on record. 1 requires a permit in at least part of the area.
New Mexico wilderness areas map
- Unit color: managing agency:
- Bureau of Land Management
- Forest Service
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- National Park Service
Land managed by (switch layers on or off)
Land ownership: USGS PAD-US 4.1, dissolved by manager and simplified (parcels under about 2 square km not shown). Unit boundaries simplified. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
| Aden Lava Flow Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 27,673 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness | San Juan County | BLM | 7,242 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Aldo Leopold Wilderness | Sierra County | Forest Service | 203,548 | Not on record | Not on record | 25 |
| Apache Kid Wilderness | Socorro County | Forest Service | 44,678 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Bandelier Wilderness | Sandoval County | National Park Service | 23,267 | Required (in part or all) | Not on record | Not on record |
| Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness | San Juan County | BLM | 43,420 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Blue Range Wilderness | Catron County | Forest Service | 29,106 | Not on record | Not on record | 25 |
| Bosque del Apache Wilderness | Socorro County | Fish and Wildlife Service | 30,427 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Broad Canyon Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 13,902 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Capitan Mountains Wilderness | Lincoln County | Forest Service | 35,091 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Carlsbad Caverns Wilderness | Eddy County | National Park Service | 33,125 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Cebolla Wilderness | Cibola County | BLM | 61,600 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Cerro del Yuta Wilderness | Taos County | BLM | 13,420 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Chama River Canyon Wilderness | Rio Arriba County | Forest Service | 47,035 | Not on record | Not on record | 15 |
| Cinder Cone Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 16,935 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Columbine-Hondo Wilderness | Taos County | Forest Service | 44,372 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Cruces Basin Wilderness | Rio Arriba County | Forest Service | 18,881 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Dome Wilderness | Sandoval County | Forest Service | 5,185 | Not on record | Not on record | 15 |
| East Potrillo Mountains Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 12,155 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Gila Wilderness | Catron County | Forest Service | 559,310 | Not on record | Not on record | 25 |
| Latir Peak Wilderness | Taos County | Forest Service | 20,420 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Manzano Mountain Wilderness | Valencia County | Forest Service | 36,764 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Mount Riley Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 8,382 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Ojito Wilderness | Sandoval County | BLM | 11,656 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Organ Mountains Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 19,916 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Pecos Wilderness | Mora County | Forest Service | 221,796 | Not on record | Not on record | 15 |
| Potrillo Mountains Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 105,085 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Rio San Antonio Wilderness | Rio Arriba County | BLM | 8,120 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Robledo Mountains Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 16,776 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Sabinoso Wilderness | San Miguel County | BLM | 29,242 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Salt Creek Wilderness | Chaves County | Fish and Wildlife Service | 9,621 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| San Pedro Parks Wilderness | Rio Arriba County | Forest Service | 41,305 | Not on record | Not on record | 15 |
| Sandia Mountain Wilderness | Bernalillo County | Forest Service | 37,278 | Not on record | Not on record | 25 |
| Sierra de las Uvas Wilderness | Doña Ana County | BLM | 11,114 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| West Malpais Wilderness | Cibola County | BLM | 39,540 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Wheeler Peak Wilderness | Taos County | Forest Service | 19,154 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| White Mountain Wilderness | Lincoln County | Forest Service | 46,963 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Whitethorn Wilderness | Luna County | BLM | 9,616 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Withington Wilderness | Socorro County | Forest Service | 18,827 | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |