Nat'l Recreation Area
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Imported descriptionThe Chain of Craters Backcountry Byway is a 33-mile backcountry byway located in El Malpais National Conservation Area (NCA) and National Monument in northwestern New Mexico. The byway, which is County Road 42, passes almost exclusively through public lands. County Road 42 forms the western boundary of the West Malpais Wilderness and connects NM 53 and NM 117. For information regarding what you will see or the public lands you will have access to along the byway, see BLM's El Malpais NCA recreation website.
Source: recreation.gov
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Hunting in this park
This park overlaps hunting units
During hunting seasons, wear blaze orange and check regulations — see the New Mexico hunting page
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