Day Rides
Hideout Ranch offers Day Rides to numerous locations in the Chiricahua and Peloncillo Mountains, welcoming daily guests, as well as those adventurous folks who want to spend several days riding with us. These trailheads are nearby, and all unbelievably breathtaking.
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Turkey Creek
A seemingly entirely different mountain range with trails being carpeted with pine needles, Turkey Creek jealously guards a legendary mystery - Who Shot Johnny Ringo? You will travel past the oak tree where Ringo's body was found, though the shooter remains unknown. But, there are miles of quiet trails perfect for conjecture and speculation.
Fort Bowie
Built in 1862 after the disastrous Bascom Affair and the Battle of Apache Pass, the southern route from the East to California, Fort Bowie launched and maintained campaigns against Cochise, then Geronimo. You'll ride along the old Butterfield Stage line, visit the stagecoach station, past the cemetery, and up to the ruins of the fort. It's an easy ride, crowded with well-known historical figures and those beyond the pages of books - but still famous for their courage, grit, and spirit. Bowie has long been a favorite ride of both Hideout guests and wranglers.
Chiricahua National Monument
One of nature's most belief-defying rock formations, the Chiricahua National Monument was known to Cochise and his band of Apaches as the "Land of Standing-Up Rocks." The Monument is an amazing ride with indescribable views, but somehow - you see something different every time you ride there.
Cochise Stronghold
Rumored to be Cochise's final resting place, the Stronghold is on the West side of the Chiricahuas, across the Sulphur Springs Valley in the Dragoon Mountains. The scenery, too, is breathtaking, and you feel the permeating sacredness when riding there. It is magic.
Red Rocks
High above Camp Rucker, the Red Rocks are a magnificent destination, achieved after riding through still more astonishingly pristine country. Again, the views are spectacular.
Horseshoe Canyon
Directly across from Hideout Ranch, Horseshoe Canyon winds back nine miles into the Chiricahuas, then forks in opposite directions, each to more fascinating landscapes. There is no spot on Hideout Ranch where you can't see Horseshoe Canyon, and a favorite pastime is watching the light play on the walls of the canyon. It is beyond imagination.
Camp Rucker
First known as Camp Supply, this outpost of Fort Bowie was renamed for Lt. John Rucker in 1878 after his accidental death nearby. It was from this camp, later a fort, that the US Army continued their efforts to capture Geronimo. The ruins of the fort are fun to poke about and imagine them when they were thriving with soldiers and livestock. And when you ride across the expansive parade grounds, you'll hear bugles calling the soldiers into formation and feel the exhilaration of an army on a mission.
Owl Canyon
To reach this delightful little canyon in New Mexico, you ride across Hideout Ranch to the upper corner, then wind through the mesquite and arroyos on up into the canyon. There is a vantage point from where you look across the valley into Horseshoe Canyon in Arizona as a staggering panorama opens in front of you. Words aren't able to describe it - you'll just have to come Hideout... on horseback and see for yourself!
Skull Canyon
A few miles away, Skull Canyon is mind-numbingly beautiful. As you ride wide ranch roads from Arizona into New Mexico, the views get better with every step. And if you cast a glance over your shoulder, you see nothing. Nothing, that is, but raw, relentless high desert beauty. Skull Canyon is one up from Skeleton Canyon where Geronimo finally surrendered to the US Army to spend the rest of his days far from his homeland and die sadly, alone, and far more a tragic human than his legend would eventually portray.
Sulphur Canyon
Nearby Sulphur Canyon is a pleasant, cozy canyon enjoying tall Arizona live oak that shade the trail. For the adventurous, there are little-traveled trails which lead you up through the rocks and out to yet another breathtaking view of the valley.
