The following boulder problems and walls inside Hueco Tanks State Park are closed to climbing. Most closures protect rock art, archaeological deposits, or vegetation that climbers could damage. Please respect every closure on this list.
| Mountain↕ | Area↑ | Media | Climbs↕ | Reason | Closed↕ | Wilder p. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Spur | 45° Wall | — | None listed | Sacred/archaeological site; closed to all traffic. | 1997 | — |
| North | Above the Ranch House | 2360° | A Deep Fryer (V2), Rear Burner (V6), Short Order Cook (V6) | Red pigment dots on the wall near the start of Rear Burner. | — | 52 |
| East | Belly of the Beast | — | Belly of the Beast, Belly of Burden | Under consideration to re-open with signage. | 2017 | 174 |
| East | Bucket Roof | 8360° | Bucket Roof | Cliff to the right of Kiowa Siege Panel -- proximity to panel. Yellow JM dancers painted in the back of the cave. | 1995 | — |
| North | Cave Kiva | — | None listed | Rock Art. | — | — |
| East | Chop Socky Rocks | 3360° | The Rip-Off | Ripper Rock (Chop Socky Rocks). | 2017 | 124 |
| East | Chop Socky Rocks | 5360° | Meine Kleine Buzzbomb | Chop Socky Wall (Chop Socky Rocks). | 2017 | 126 |
| East | Chop Socky Rocks | 4360° | Kick Boxer | Mutant Rock (Chop Socky Rocks). | 2017 | 126 |
| West | Dam Boulders | 8360° | Too Deep to Leap, Bunny Shock | Dam Boulders. | 2017 | 254 |
| West | Dam Boulders | 9360° | Project, The Horseshoe | Dam Boulders. | 2017 | 254 |
| North | Deliverance Boulders | 2360° | The Affection (V1) | A red pigment smudge at head height near the black painted arrow. | 2017 | 85 |
| North | End Loop | — | Piss Traverse (V2), Sleeping Giant (V13), Wyoming Cowgirl (V5), The End (V2) | Closed to protect faint rock art. The flat table rock at the mouth of the cave has a petroglyph on it that has been interpreted as the footprints of a jaguar following a roadrunner. | — | 87 |
| North | End Loop | — | Corner right of Napoleon Complex | The corner right of Napoleon Complex is closed to climbing because of pictographs. | — | 87 |
| North | Ghetto Simulator | 2360° | A For Effort (V3) | The panel has a single Y-shaped pictograph element in faint red pigment. | — | 88 |
| North | Ghetto Simulator | 3360° | Call Me Ugly (V1) | Across from Ghetto Simulator. Closed to protect a faint reddish-brown step-fret painting. | — | 88 |
| North | Groove Wall | — | Cactus Ass (V4) | A visible red line near the seam of the climb. | — | 90 |
| North | Gymnasium | — | Rhymes With Rich (V3), Burn Baby Burn (V8) | Rhymes With Rich is closed because of red pigment lines near the pockets, to the left of the black streak. Burn Baby Burn traverses the entire Gymnasium right to left, but is closed where it climbs through Rhymes with Rich. The other parts of the traverse are open. | 2017 | 102 |
| North | Icarus Boulders | 360° | Hephaestus (V0-), Zeus on the Loose (V0), The Minotaur (V0-), Medusa (V0-), Inspector Hector (V0), The Face That Launched a Thousand Slips (V1), Helen (V0+) | Closed for revegetation. | 2023 | 92 |
| North | Laguna | — | Gold Star Roof | Laguna area. | — | 70 |
| East | Land Before Time | — | Land Before Time | Rock Art. | 2017 | — |
| North | Little Bitty | 3360° | Get Off Your Ass and Jam (V2) | A small animal drawn in red pigment under the roof. | 2017 | 50 |
| North | Little Bitty | 2360° | Alpo (V3), Junior Achievement (V1) | Abstract red pigment under the roof. | 2017 | 50 |
| North | Lower Lost | — | Rattlesnake Left (V4), Rattlesnake Right (V5) | Closed because of close proximity to Rock Art Site 17. | — | — |
| North | Lower Lost | — | Chris’ Arête (V8) | Closed because of the “Santiago Cooper” inscription on the rock. | 2008 | 49 |
| North | Lunch Rocks | — | The Thighburner (V1) | This problem may be unintentionally on the park’s closed list. | 2017 | 72 |
| North | Lunch Rocks | — | Armor All (V1), Turtle Wax (V0-) | On the skirt below Turtle Wax there is a linear remnant of faint reddish-brown pigment. | 2017 | 72 |
| North | Lunch Rocks | — | Sculpture (V2) | Two large hourglass shapes in yellow pigment located under the low roof. | — | 72 |
| North | Lunch Rocks | — | Potbelly (V1), Hungry Belly a de New Stylee (V2), Hard Again (V3) | Two red lines inside the roof of the large hueco at the start of Potbelly. The hueco below the start of Hard Again contains five pairs of faint reddish-brown parallel lines. | 2017 | 72 |
| North | Lunch Rocks | — | Wonderhole (V1), The Wonder Dyno (V10), No Wonder (V7) | A circular marking in reddish pigment under the roof to the right of the start of No Wonder. | 2017 | 74 |
| North | Lunch Rocks | — | Roughage (V7), Purple Panty Eater (V3) | A faint pictograph below these problems. | 2017 | 74 |
| North | Lunch Rocks | — | Jingomo (V4) | Four faint reddish-brown pigment smudge remnants under the roof. | 2017 | 74 |
| North | Lunch Rocks | — | Present Arms (V4), The Lazy Cowgirls (V2) | Four faint reddish-brown pigment smudges and line remnants on the low roof. | 2017 | 75 |
| North | Michael Kenyon | 5360° | Mission Impossible (V0+) | Reddish pigment in the huecos to the left of Mission Impossible. | 2017 | 59 |
| North | Michael Kenyon | 2360° | Midriff Bulge (V0), Michael Kenyon (V4) | A large red pigment smudge can be found under the bulge at waist height under the Michael Kenyon problem. | 2017 | 59 |
| North | Michael Kenyon | 4360° | Donkey Head (V4) | 2017 | 59 | |
| East Spur | Mother of the Future | — | Mother of the Future | 2017 | 216 | |
| North | Mushroom | 2360° | Blast Off, Ascent of Man, Mushroom Boulder NW Face (all problems) | The problems located on the NW face of the Mushroom Boulder and surrounding boulders are closed due to erosion of archaeological deposits in that area. | 2008 | 82 |
| North | Pict 16A | — | None listed | Rock Art. South Side of North Mountain. | — | — |
| West | Pict 29 | — | None listed | Rock Art. Cave of the Masks. | 2025 | — |
| West | Pict 37AB | — | None listed | Rock Art. SW wall of shelter near Animal Acts. | — | — |
| North | Pict N19C | — | None listed | Rock Art. West end of Laguna Prieta. | — | — |
| North | Pict N19F | — | None listed | Rock Art. Laguna area. | — | — |
| East | S. Dragons Den | — | Kim w/ a Bathtub in Her Head, Woman w/ a Bathtub, L Pelerin | South Dragon’s Den, corridor to left of SSS. | 2017 | 138 |
| East Spur | Sandmaster Boulder | — | A Single Word | Sandmaster Boulder. A red spot of paint on the mammoth rub foothold. | 2017 | — |
| West | Scream | — | Project (wall below Scream) | Rock Art. | 2017 | 238 |
| West | Scream | — | Get to the Chopper | Rock Art. Wall opposite Scream. | 2017 | 239 |
| North | Small Potatoes | — | Please Don’t Eat the Dasileriums (V2), The Peeler (V0) | Closed for re-vegetation. | — | 101 |
| North | Smooth Move | — | Slick Watts (V5), Vanilla Smoothie (V0+) | Pigment found on the north side of the boulder. | 2017 | — |
| East | Snappy Tom | — | Snappy Tom | Between Blender Boulder and 5Bs. Revegetation. | 1997 | — |
| East Spur | Stableboy Rock | — | Problem #21 | Stableboy Rock. | 2017 | 193 |
| North | Stanage on Holiday | — | Stanage on Holiday (V8), Algerita (V13), Skidmark (V11) | Faint images under Stanage and small streaks of pigment near Skidmark and Algerita. | — | 68 |
| East Spur | That's My Daughter | — | Saint Vitus Dance, That’s My Daughter Wall | That’s My Daughter area, south of Frogger. | — | — |
| East Spur | The Bomb Boulder | — | Hector, Javelina, Between the Sheep | The Bomb Boulder. | 2017 | 202 |
| East | Waffle Iron | — | Unknown Project | Wall to the left of Princess Diaries. Several black images present. (March 2024) | — | — |
| North | Warm-Up | — | The Warm-Up Boulder (entire boulder) | The Warm-Up Boulder is closed to climbing to protect a faint, painted image of a corn stalk low on the boulder. | 2017 | 60 |
| North | Yellow Mask | — | Wall north of this boulder (everything left of the Fern Wall) | The wall north of this boulder (e.g. everything left of the Fern Wall) is closed to climbing due to masks in the cave. Do not climb on any part of this wall. | — | — |