Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area

Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area is a 45,000-acre preserve of eroded badlands, colorful hoodoos, and Late Cretaceous fossil-bearing formations in northwestern New Mexico's San Juan County, managed by the Bureau of Land Management's Farmington Field Office. Located 36 miles south of Farmington via NM-371 (Bisti Trailhead) or 12 miles south of Bloomfield via US-550 (De-Na-Zin Trailhead), the wilderness features unmarked, trail-less terrain on clay and rock surfaces with no potable water, minimal cell service, and paleontological significance spanning 74 million years of geological history. Dispersed camping is permitted (14-day limit); drones, motorized vehicles, and fossil/artifact disturbance are prohibited.