Datil Well Recreation Area

Summary

Datil Well Recreation Area Campground provides a peaceful setting with 3 miles of hiking trails, scenic views of the San Augustin Plains, and the chance to hear the distant lowing of cattle as they settle in for the night. Visitors are encouraged to respect the facilities and natural surroundings, and to clean up any remnants of their visit.

Datil Well Recreation Area Campground includes one of 15 water wells along the old Magdalena Livestock Driveway. The old cattle trail was established in the 1800s and stretched 120 miles from Springerville, Arizona, to Magdalena, New Mexico. The area includes 3 miles of hiking trails in pinyon-juniper and ponderosa pine woodlands, with scenic views of the San Augustin Plains. The trail and vistas also offer an occasional glimpse of wildlife in a setting of quiet and solitude. You can close your eyes and almost hear the cattle lowing as they settle in for the night.Please leave a clean camp and respect the facilities and natural surroundings. Pack it in. Pack it out.