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Recreational Areas
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Location (Miles &
Direction from reference town)
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Elevation
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Camping Sites
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Picnicking
Sites
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Fee Area
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Fishing
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Trailers
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Stay
Limit (Days)
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Special
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10 SW of Mills, NM
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5,600
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7
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7
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No
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Yes
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No
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Open all year
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HCVO
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| Key: BF - Barrier Free Access
HCVO - High Clearence Vehicles Only
NM -State Highways
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The U.S. Forest Service is fixing the old house down in Mills
Canyon. There is a crew of about ten people working on it -
some of them are students from Arizona and Utah who are studying how
to "stabilize" old
buildings. They have fixed the road down into Mills Canyon so that
you could "almost drive a Greyhound bus" down there. They have
relocated the old campground (it was in the flood area) and are
building new ones up on the top - will be able to camp there,
including trailers and RV's. A new crossing across the river
is being built also. - Jerry Porterfield, County Commissioner
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On the National
Grasslands, land patterns are very complex because of the intermingled
federal, state, and private lands. Due to these circumstances the U.S.
Forest Service does not control or manage many of the parcels found
within the designated grassland boundary.
We promote use and
access to Mills Canyon and the scenic Canadian River via the Mills Road
600. This is the only "Public" access to the Canadian River and it is
by National Forest System Road (NFSR) 600 or NFSR 600. We do not
promote any other access to the river. A private individual using any
other route without an agreement or permission would be in trespass.
The responsibility is on the hiker to know where they are at and the
local and/or state rules of trespass and private land ownership rights.
The New Mexico State
Department of Transportation (DOT) would have a right-of-way or easement
across the Canadian River for the Roy to Wagon Mound Road. The DOT
typically does not acquire any additional access other than for the road
way. As far as this office knows there are no arrangements with the
private land owner for access to the river or north along the river at
that location.
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