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Upper Cedar Creek Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
New Mexico

Upper Cedar Creek Trail

Ruidoso, New Mexico

3.2 mi

Distance

696 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 15m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Upper Cedar Creek Trail 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:2,103 ft
Max:2,205 ft
Gain:212 ft
Loss:212 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 2,103 ft and 2,205 ft across 3.2 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.2,103 ft2,137 ft2,171 ft2,205 ft0.0 mi0.8 mi1.6 mi2.4 mi3.2 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi2,103 ft
High point1.6 mi2,205 ft
End3.2 mi2,103 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Ruidoso, NM · in or next to town
County:
Lincoln 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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