The Ojito Wilderness is a desert landscape of steep-sided mesas, rocky terraces, retreating escarpments, box canyons, deep meandering arroyos, and austere badlands. Bands of multi-colored shale, sandstone, and limestone draw attention to cliff sides. Occasional badland settings, with their unusual hoodoos (weathered rock in the form of pinnacles, spires, cap rocks, and other unusual forms), accent the landscape. Piñon and juniper are dotted throughout the Wilderness, and rare stands of ponderosa pine can be found tucked into shady recesses.

Seismosaurus Trailhead
From Bernalillo, travel on US-550 for about 21 miles (about 2 miles before San Ysidro) turning left onto Cabezon Road (County Road 906). Follow the left fork approximately 9.25 miles to an Ojito Wilderness sign. Continue about 0.75 miles to an undeveloped parking area on the left. A trail leads north, across the road and through a pedestrian gate, into the Wilderness, and along an old two-track road. Parking area on the left. A trail leads north, across the road, and through a fence, into the Wilderness.

Hoodoo Trailhead
From Bernalillo, travel on US-550 for about 21 miles (about 2 miles before San Ysidro) turning left onto Cabezon Road (County Road 906). Follow the left fork approximately 9.25 miles to an Ojito Wilderness sign. Continue about 1.75 miles to a developed parking area on the left side of the road. From the parking area, walk back about 400 feet to the east where a primitive trail leads north into the Wilderness on the north side of the road.