Los Alamos County
Open Space and Trails The County Trail Network with links to trail descriptions.
Los Alamos Nature Center opened May, 2015 and has rave reviews on Trip Advisor. The Pajarito Environmental Education Center operates from here and has an intriguing program called “Gentle Walks”. Give them a call 505-662-0460 see if any of these walks are within your capabilities. The Los Alamos Trails App can be downloaded on Apple products, and will soon be available for Android, as well.
Katherine Watson, executive director, writes that “…the only really accessible trail in Los Alamos is the paved Canyon Rim Trail. ” Clifton Russell also mentioned this trail: “In Los Alamos County, but not on the Forest, there is a very nice paved trail as you go into Los Alamos called the Canyon Rim trail. It is about 2 miles long and goes along the south side of the highway by the Airport. Lovely views over the canyon, wide, mostly level. A visitor would see the signs by the airport runway as they drive into town.”
The North Bayo Bench Trail is a historic road ending at a viewpoint overlooking the orange-walled Bayo Canyon. 3.2 miles