New Mexico hiking trails - Silver Drip Trail, San Francisco Mountains, Catron County
LOCATION
Latitude: 33.28194
Longitude: -108.70944
User input for Silver Drip Trail, San Francisco Mountains, Catron County, New Mexico:
Steve Ahrens:
The Silver Drip is a very hard to find and hard to follow trail. It has been abandoned for decades. I don't recommend the average hiker should walk this trail.
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Silver Drip trail is no longer maintained. The historic Silver Drip Trail is not located in the San Francisco Mountains. The area is often not suitable for winter backpacking. Ben Lilly Campground is a considerable distance away from the remains of Silver Drip Trail. The Whitewater ‘‘Campground’’ has become the Whitewater Picnic Ground. There is no camping allowed at the Whitewater Picnic Ground.
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| | Hiking in New Mexico is such a great thing to do. Can’t wait to get out in nature, Silver Drip Trail in Catron County, New Mexico is a perfect place for getting out. Silver Drip Trail is frequently a reasonably dried up place; throughout the month of July you get the most rain around here, and the driest month is April. Stay the night at Whitewater Campground, and a wonderful place nearby is Packsaddle Canyon.
Silver Drip Trail is very far from the nearest big city and it is one of many great trails in this area. There's so much to do here at Silver |
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Drip Trail that you need to camp here for a while, Ben Lilly Campground is a great location for that; there are some great whitewater spots on San Francisco River. Through the warm months, highs typically are in the 90's at Silver Drip Trail. For the duration of the dark hours
| of summer temperatures drop down into the 60's. All through the wintertime highs are commonly in the 50's while the cold winter nights at Silver Drip Trail are in the 20's.
Just can't get enough of Silver Drip Trail. Spider Creek is a good local stream. Hiking trails like this one are plentyful in the San Francisco Mountains where beautiful scenery awaits you.
That right there is loads of exciting stuff already but it goes on, the San Francisco Mountains has it all. Do set aside some time for California Park since you're here at Silver Drip Trail, | |
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and whitewater paddling is not for everyone but if it's for you then, we recommend Gila River. Some of the water nearby flows, like Spruce Creek, and a short tour to Dog Spring is always worthwhile.
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| | Trails Near Silver Drip Trail:
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Hanging Rock Trail, Catron County
, 1 miles away |
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Golden Link Trail, Catron County
, 2 miles away |
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Sacaton Mountain Trail, Catron County
, 3 miles away |
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East Fork Trail, Catron County
, 3 miles away |
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North Fork Trail, Catron County
, 3 miles away |
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Skeleton Ridge Trail, Catron County
, 4 miles away |
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Holt Apache Trail, Catron County
, 4 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Silver Drip Trail:
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San Francisco River, Catron County
County
, 14 miles away, Class II-III - 40 miles long (San Francisco to Pleasanton) |
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Gila River, Grant County
County
, 25 miles away, Class II-III+ - 18 miles long (Forest Road 809 to Redrock) |
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Gila River, Grant County
County
, 25 miles away, Class II-III - 39 miles long (Visitor to Mogollan Creek) |
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San Francisco River, Catron County
County
, 27 miles away, Class II - 40 miles long (Lower San Francisco Hot Springs to Clifton Arizona) |
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| | Hotels Near Silver Drip Trail:
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Silver City Super 8 Motel, Silver City
, 41 miles away |
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Comfort Inn Silver City, Silver City
, 42 miles away |
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Econo Lodge Silver City, Silver City
, 42 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express Silver City, Nm, Silver City
, 43 miles away |
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