Cibola National Forest · New Mexico, Texas

530 Road

2.4 mi of trail, end to end · about 100 ft of climbing · 250 ft of descent · 7,429 ft–7,598 ft · native material surface · trail No. 05530 · trail class 2 · typical grade 5-8% · tread >120 inches wide · hiking, bike, motorcycle, e-bike · motorized use allowed

Beaches

7,598 ft 7,445 ft · 2.3 mi high 7,598 ft

Along the way Forest Service Road 106 Forest Service Road 335

Trailhead Mars Court Trailhead 7,600 ft Drive there

Hike this trail · Every trail in Cibola National Forest

Other trails from the Mars Court Trailhead

Hike this trailAll 311 trails in Cibola National ForestFind a trailForest on fs.usda.gov

About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.