Devils Backbone Wilderness Study Area

The Devils Backbone Wilderness Study Area is an 8,904-acre property mostly along the southwestern slopes of the Magdalena Mountains in central New Mexico. The southern part of the wilderness study area is mostly a rocky grassland across the southern foothills of the range. The northern part of the wilderness study area is more of a pinon-juniper woodland as it spreads into higher elevations along the range's western slopes. At its highest, the property reaches into sharp granite peaks and ridges.

Devils Backbone Wilderness Study Area map