The Silver City NM Loop is a paved ride in Southwest New Mexico. This ride includes a great combination of mountainous curves and open desert straightaways.
Starting in Silver City, NM, this route enters the Gila National Forest for a fun ride to the Gila Cliff Dwellings. Explore the past in these 700 year old ruins.
After the cliff dwellings, the run continues as this ride follows the Mimbres river bed back South finally exiting the Gila National Forest and hitting the open desert.
This loop winds around and takes riders to City of Rocks State Park where you are allowed to hike among the rocks and hoodoos. Following the City of Rocks, the ride loops back to Bayard and riders can visit the Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark and National Cemetery.
After leaving Fort Bayard, there is a short ride back to the starting point in Sliver City.
Location: Southwest New Mexico
Approximate Mileage: 150 miles
Estimated Riding Time: 4.0 Hours
Surface: Paved
Attractions: Horse Mountain Scenic View, Gila Visitor Center, Gila Cliff Dwellings, Ruins Vista Picnic Area, City of Rocks State Park, Santa Rita Shrine, Kneeling Nun Historical Marker, Fort Bayard National Historic Monument
Silver City NM Loop
If you are riding with a group, we ask that every person using our route for navigation purchase their own copy.
In order to encourage this, we are happy to offer a discount for group purchases. Please contact us after purchasing 1 item at full price, and we will set up a coupon code that will give everyone in your group 50% off of the same item.
Our digital routes are designed to operate in most GPS devices. In addition to GPSs, our routes should work with several smartphone apps.
We have tested many Smartphone Apps and here is what we have found:
Please Note
- Some Smartphone Apps require a paid version to allow importing routes.
- Testing was for ‘Follow the Line” only, not “Turn by Turn”.
- If you use an app not listed below, let us know and we will try to test it for you.
- We are not experts on Smartphone Apps. We will try to answer any and all questions, but there may be better resources online.
Apps That Will Work With Our Routes:
- REVER
- Scenic (IOS Only)
- Kurviger (Android Only)
- Detecht
- OsmAnd
- Avenza
- Calimoto
- Gaia
- Ride with GPS
- GPS Tracks
- InRoute
- Harley Davidson
- Indian Ride Command
- My Triumph
- GPX Viewer 2
- Garmin Explore
Apps That Will NOT Work With Our Routes:
- Google Maps
- Apple Maps
- Waze
- Riser
- ESR (Eat Sleep Ride)
- RoadTrippers
- Sygic
- Guru
- Road Warrior Route Planner





