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Forrest Road #5 route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
New Mexico

Forrest Road #5

Taos, New Mexico

3.6 mi

Distance

328 ft

Elev. Gain

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Forrest Road #5 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:2,726 ft
Max:2,809 ft
Gain:122 ft
Loss:122 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,726 ft and 2,809 ft across 3.6 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,726 ft2,754 ft2,781 ft2,809 ft0.0 mi0.9 mi1.8 mi2.7 mi3.6 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,726 ft
High point1.8 mi2,809 ft
End3.6 mi2,726 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Angel Fire, NM · about 2 mi away
County:
Taos 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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