Butterfield Stage Ruins Trail

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

easy

Length: 0.18 mi

Est. time: 6m

Gain: 7 ft

Loss: 7 ft

Max elev: 5,658 ft

Point-to-pointTrail class 5Asphalthike

Elevation profile

+7 ft gain · −7 ft loss — an estimate from a DEM.

Trailhead & logistics

Trailhead parking (Place)

Pine Springs Visitor Center (VisitorCenter)

Connect the dots

Learn:

Geology Lesson 1. The present is the key to the past.Geology Lesson 2. Global building blocks Geology Lesson 3. Where did the oceans go?

Journeys:

Geronimo Segura Iris Calderhead Pratt Wallace Pratt John Butterfield Roger Reisch Noel Kincaid

Plan smart, verify on site

Length, elevation, and difficulty are estimates derived from open data (NPS Public Trails GIS, medium confidence) — not a safety guarantee. Conditions change; check current closures, weather, and water, and carry the essentials. Always defer to NPS.gov and park rangers.

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