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Diablo Canyon route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
New Mexico

Diablo Canyon

Los Alamos, New Mexico

4.3 mi

Distance

758 ft

Elev. Gain

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Diablo Canyon unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

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Elevation Profile

Min:1,690 ft
Max:1,808 ft
Gain:231 ft
Loss:231 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 1,690 ft and 1,808 ft across 4.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.1,690 ft1,729 ft1,769 ft1,808 ft0.0 mi1.1 mi2.1 mi3.2 mi4.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi1,781 ft
High point0.2 mi1,808 ft
End4.3 mi1,781 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
White Rock, NM · about 3 mi away
County:
Santa Fe County, NM

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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