Eldorado's Community Preserve Trail

to Santa Fe

Exit 290 Eldorado’s Community Preserve VENIDA A AM I ST 25 to AD 285 Las Vegas, Trail Map NM Bishop’s Peak

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Multi-use trail trail # Rev. Jan. 2020 fence 01 1 Preserve T boundary 0.5 miles between arroyo trail 1A marks (unmaintained) trail N Contours intervals 20 feet junctions Lamy 0 miles .25 .5 .75 1.0

Galisteo Creek

NOTICE – Neither the ECIA nor the mapmaker is responsible for personal injury, property damage, or legal violation that may occur while using the Preserve or this map/brochure. Regulations subject to change; check with ECIA office.

they are muddy. are they

Trail Map Trail cyclists only. cyclists

•To avoid damage to trails, do not use them when them use not do trails, to damage avoid •To

Comments: Trails 401 and 404 are for expert for are 404 and 401 Trails Comments:

presence known. presence

Loop

•Cyclists must also yield to hikers, making their making hikers, to yield also must •Cyclists

Length: Routes from 1.6 miles to a 4.4 mile 4.4 a to miles 1.6 from Routes Length: Brochure & Brochure

move off-trail, making their presence known. presence their making off-trail, move

(Trail 401) (Trail

•When meeting horses, hikers and cyclists will cyclists and hikers horses, meeting •When

Difficulty: Easy (Trail 402) to strenuous to 402) (Trail Easy Difficulty: Trail Courtesy Trail

Trailhead 4 Trailhead is 2.7 miles on west side of CR51. of side west on miles 2.7 is

at (505) 466-4248. (505) at

Trail 301 connects to 100 trails. 100 to connects 301 Trail

•Report any suspicious activities to the ECIA the to activities suspicious any •Report

Trails on west side (across CR51). (across side west on Trails

•Do not create or use unofficial trails. unofficial use or create not •Do

Comments: Access to 200 Trails on east side, 300 side, east on Trails 200 to Access Comments:

•Leave no trace. Pack it in; pack it out. it pack in; it Pack trace. no •Leave

minimum of 2.1 miles 2.1 of minimum

cultural artifacts undisturbed. artifacts cultural

Length: 300 trail loops available from a from available loops trail 300 Length:

•Leave plants, animals, rocks and rocks animals, plants, •Leave

Difficulty: Easy to strenuous to Easy Difficulty:

•Pack out pet waste. pet out •Pack

Trailhead 3 Trailhead is .7 miles on the east side of CR51. of side east the on miles .7 is

for the sake of wildlife and other hikers. other and wildlife of sake the for

•Pets must be on leash or under voice control voice under or leash on be must •Pets

Trailhead 3 system. 3 Trailhead •No smoking. •No

Comments: Good for horses, cyclists. Connects to Connects cyclists. horses, for Good Comments: •No motorized vehicles permitted. vehicles motorized •No

Length: Loops available from .7 to 2.6 miles 2.6 to .7 from available Loops Length: by an Eldorado resident. Eldorado an by

Difficulty: Easy to moderate to Easy Difficulty: •Guests are permitted only when accompanied when only permitted are •Guests

Trailhead 2 Trailhead is .5 miles on the east side of CR51. of side east the on miles .5 is residents only. residents

•The Preserve is for the use of Eldorado of use the for is Preserve •The

Regulations For Use For Regulations underneath I-25 toward Ojo de la Vaca. la de Ojo toward I-25 underneath

Highway; go 2.2 miles and turn right on CR51. Go Go CR51. on right turn and miles 2.2 go Highway;

the T intersection. Bear right onto the Old Las Vegas Vegas Las Old the onto right Bear intersection. T the •Report overdue or lost persons to 911. to persons lost or overdue •Report

County Road 51 (CR51). Go north on US 285 to to 285 US on north Go (CR51). 51 Road County •Tell someone your destination and return time. return and destination your someone •Tell

The other three parking/entry points are along along are points parking/entry three other The clothing and a first aid kit. aid first a and clothing

•Take water, food, a map, good hiking shoes, layered shoes, hiking good map, a food, water, •Take

103.

cyclists only. cyclists

only recommended on Trails 102 and and 102 Trails on recommended only

•Preserve trails are recommended for advanced for recommended are trails •Preserve

Comments: Trail 105 is good for horses. Hikers horses. for good is 105 Trail Comments: horses or mountain bikes. mountain or horses

Preserve Length: Loops available from 1.5 to 5.2 miles 5.2 to 1.5 from available Loops Length:

•Know your limits: some trails are hazardous for hazardous are trails some limits: your •Know

Difficulty: Moderate to strenuous to Moderate Difficulty:

stay out of arroyos. of out stay

entrance at Ave. Vista Grande. Vista Ave. at entrance •During thunderstorms, avoid exposed ridges and ridges exposed avoid thunderstorms, •During

Community Trailhead 1 Trailhead is directly across from the second the from across directly is cacti and wildlife, e.g. rattlesnakes. e.g. wildlife, and cacti

•Be aware of hazards such as loose rock, cliff edges, cliff rock, loose as such hazards of aware •Be

•Stay on designated trails. designated on •Stay Eldorado property. Eldorado

respect neighboring communities by staying on on staying by communities neighboring respect

find elsewhere. Use the Preserve at your own risk. own your at Preserve the Use elsewhere. find Preserve for your hiking/riding enjoyment. Please Please enjoyment. hiking/riding your for Preserve

Keep in mind that hazards exist here that you may not not may you that here exist hazards that mind in Keep There are four parking lots with entry points to the the to points entry with lots parking four are There

For Your Safety Your For Access and Trails and Access

Eldorado’s Community Preserve The predominant vegetation type is piñon- juniper woodland, with ponderosa pine Eldorado’s Community Preserve is 4,094 on north-facing slopes and in the canyons. acres of undeveloped land extending east of Cottonwoods, willows and other woody U.S.285, across County Road 51 and south species occur in moist lowland areas. Shrubs, of Galisteo Creek at Cañoncito toward Lamy. wildflowers, cacti, yucca and a variety of It was deeded in perpetuity to the Eldorado native grasses grow throughout the Preserve. Community to be used only for wilderness recreation. There are almost 30 miles of The Preserve is an important resource for trails to explore. wildlife, with many species of mammals, reptiles and birds making it their home. Deer, elk, bear and mountain lion use the area as a corridor between the northern mountains and rangelands to the south.

The Preserve sits at the southern end of the Rocky Mountains. Topography is diverse, consisting of arid foothills, sandstone mesas and steep canyons. Elevations vary from 6,500’ along Galisteo Creek, to almost 7,500’ at the top of Vista Grande and Bishop’s Peaks.

Community volunteers maintain the trails and perform other management activities. This map and information about volunteer Ancestral peoples lived in the area of the opportunities are available at the Eldorado Preserve beginning 12,000 years ago. Several Community Improvement Association office pueblos existed along the Galisteo Creek from or website at https://eldoradosf.org. A.D. 600 - 1300. The area was used as open range and for ranching from the mid 1500’s until 1969, when the encompassing Simpson cattle ranch was sold.