New Mexico United States Forest Service

Jemez National Recreation Area

9/11/2008 Continued south into the Jemez NRA [USFS]. Stopped at a fishing access area along the Jemez.

The RA sign ...

... and the site where I am

Me by the Jemez

Valles Caldera National Preserve

9/11/2008 Headed north, then west to the Valles Caldera National Preserve [USFS] [along the Jemez Mountain Trail Byway]. Parked at the trailhead for the Valle Grande trail and hiked that for a while. Very pleasant, but didn’t get a good view of the valley. Luckily, just down the road a bit was a scenic pullout with a great view of the collapsed caldera valley (500 times the material of Mt. St. Helens). Enjoyed the view, and the calls of the elk in the woods.

The park sign

Informative signage

Me and the caldera

A nice panorama