San Pedro Parks Wilderness

The San Pedro Parks Wilderness is located in southern Rio Arriba County in northern New Mexico and part of the Santa Fe National Forest.

San Pedro Parks Wilderness is primarily visited for hiking, camping, hunting, and fishing.

Vegetation on the plateau consists of grassy meadows, called "parks", interspaced with forests of Engelmann spruce, other conifers, and Quaking Aspen.

The plateau is laced with several small streams which support populations of Rio Grande cutthroat trout.

The meadows consist primarily of bluegrass, oat grass, sedge, rush, and Rocky Mountain iris.

[2] San Pedro Parks receives about 35 inches (89 cm) of precipitation annually, making it one of the wettest areas of New Mexico.

Animals found in San Pedro Parks are typical of the southern Rocky Mountains: mule deer, black bear.

[8] Fishing for stocked rainbow and native Rio Grande cutthroat trout is popular in the San Gregorio Lake and several small streams.