Gila Wilderness Reviews

Gila Wilderness

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  • Gila Wilderness has it all

    Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    May 24, 2005
    Pros: Outstanding attractions for everybody, abundant camping and hiking trails, wide diversity of landscape
    Cons: Hot weather, lots of driving along curvy roads to reach some of the destinations.

    Summary: The Gila Wilderness is nestled in southwestern New Mexico, along the Continental Divide. A map of the area can be found here: http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/r3/g ila/maps/mapen.shtml The interesting thing is that the wilderness has an incredible array of ... read more

  • Backpacking like it was meant to be.

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Apr 22, 2005
    Pros: Uncrowded, plenty to do and see
    Cons: none

    Summary: The Gila Wilderness is one of my favorite places to backpack in the southwest. It is largely unknown by people outside of the region, and is therefore relatively crowd-free year round. I popular jumping off point is the cliff-dwellings. There is a ... read more

  • The best of the southwest

    Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
    Oct 12, 2002
    Pros: big, diverse, scenic, uncrowded
    Cons: a long way from nowhere

    Summary: A scenic 50 mile drive north of Silver City, New Mexico is Gila Hot Springs where the three forks of the Gila River come together at a small community. This is a jumping off spot for the Wilderness and to walk up the West Fork and Middle Fork; access ... read more

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