La
Madera Falls
This 10’ high waterfall is
within the San Pedro Parks Wilderness Area...shown here with some Memorial Day
snow
beta facts:
name- La Madera Falls
height- 10’
elevation- 9700’
GPS coordinates- ±36°06.899’N 106°52.961’W
flow- perennial
season- May and early June is best, but good thru
October.
accommodations- none
ownership- Santa Fe National Forest – San Pedro Parks
Wilderness Area
access- is described below
nearest town- Cuba, NM is about 5 miles southwest
of here
fun fact-
essay bro
Northwest of Cuba, NM is a community called
La Jara.
Camino Olivas is the road above La Jara that
accesses La Jara Canyon. La Jara Canyon has
a somewhat hard to follow horse trail that traverses up the entire canyon and
ties in with Forest Service Trails on top.
At about 9400’ a green open meadow serves as a hunting camp. This is a good place to turn south off-trail
and climb over the mountain to La Madera Creek.
Returning to your vehicle down La Madera Canyon will walk you right by
this waterfall.
Santa Fe National Forest has a nice topo map called: San Pedro Parks wilderness. This is an okay map but the USGS 7.5 minute topo map for this area are better. Sorry I have provided no map for this page.
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