CARSON NATIONAL FOREST Traditional Cache
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QUICK P&G ON U.S. HIGHWAY 285
THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST HAS SOME OF THE FINEST MOUNTAIN SCENERY IN THE SOUTHWEST. IT CONSISTS OF 1.5 MILLION ACRES. ELEVATIONS RISE FROM 6,000 FEET TO 13,161 FEET AT WHEELER PEAK, HIGHEST POINT IN NEW MEXICO.
BIG GAME ROAM THE FOREST, LIKE MULE DEER, ELK, ANTELOPE, MOUNTAIN LION, BLACK BEAR AND BIG HORN SHEEP. THERE ARE ALSO MANY SPECIES OF SMALLER ANIMALS AND NUMEROUS BIRDS.
THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST ALSO OFFERS TRAILS FOR HIKING, MOTORCYCLE, MOUNTAIN BIKING AND HORSE BACK RIDING. SOME OF THE BEST TROUT FISHING CAN BE FOUND AND THERE ARE MANY LAKES AND STREAMS AS WELL AS CAMPGROUNDS NEAR BY.
THE FOREST ALSO CONTAINS MANY PLANTS AND TREES. THERE ARE BIG PINE TREES, FIR, JUNIPER AND PINON. THE PINON TREES ARE COSIDERED A PIGMY FOREST. IN THE FALL THERE ARE PINON NUTS TO GATHER.
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