Gila National Forest · New Mexico

Caledonia

3.0 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 42 · trail class 2 · typical grade trail_grade · hiking, horse, bike

Trailhead Turkey Run #42 Trailhead Drive there

Caledonia CDNST #74 Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Trailhead for access to the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail #74 on the Gila National Forest

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

Turkey Run #42 Trailhead the Forest Service's write-up

Trailhead for Caledonia Trail #42 and access to the northern portion of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness. .75 miles of this trail was logged in the summer of 2017. The beginning of the trail is a moderate incline through ponderosa forests to a saddle. As the trail drops down to Diamond Creek, it passes a waterfall and interesting rock formaitons. The trail will arrive at Diamond Creek which supports a lush mixed confier forest ecosystem.

This trailhead on fs.usda.gov

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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.