Unit 1 · Raton / Sugarite
About this unit
Far-northeast unit straddling the Colorado line. Mesa country grading from short-grass prairie to ponderosa pine on Johnson Mesa and the Sugarite Canyon escarpment.
- Sugarite Canyon State Park
- Johnson Mesa
- Capulin Volcano NM–adjacent
Public lands inside this unit
1 found
Trails near Unit 1
12 found
Continental Divide Trail
3001.6 miTrailDifficulty: DifficultCDT - New Mexico Section
1144.3 miTrailDifficulty: ExpertBisti Wash Loop
7.1 miTrailDifficulty: DifficultZilditloi Mountain Trail
6.5 miTrailDifficulty: DifficultBisti Badlands Trail
5.5 miTrailDifficulty: ModerateFort Defiance Ridge Trail
3.3 miTrailDifficulty: ModerateBisti Wings Trail
2.8 miTrailDifficulty: ModerateNavajo Nation Trail
2.4 miTrailDifficulty: EasyThe Belly Button
1.5 miTrailDifficulty: EasyTwin Mounds
1.2 miTrailDifficulty: EasyBeauty Hills Trail
0.7 miTrailDifficulty: EasyThe Campana Mortis
0.7 miTrail
Campgrounds near Unit 1
5 found
Homestead RV Park
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundThe Working Mans RV Park
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundGreens RV Park
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundAsaayi (Bowl Canyon) Lake
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampgroundBisti / De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area
Pricing varies — check with the operatorCampground
On the books in New Mexico
Species inventory is state-level — which units actually hold or permit each species varies. Verify unit-specific rules with the state agency linked above.
Official agency resources
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/licenses-and-permits/
- Draw / lottery ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/applications-and-draw-information/
- GMU map ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/maps/
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/hunting/harvest-reporting-information/
- Hunter education ↗
https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/education/hunter-education/
- Buy a license ↗
https://onlinesales.wildlife.state.nm.us/
Authoritative source
Outdoors does not publish hunting regulations directly. For current season dates, bag limits, legal weapons, draw deadlines, and license costs in unit 1, go straight to the issuing agency.
Read the New Mexico agency pageBoundary verified by Outdoors against the agency source on 09/06/2026.