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List of mountain peaks of New Mexico. Coordinates: 36.5569°N 105.4169°W. Wheeler Peak is the highest summit of the U.S. State of New Mexico. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [ 1] of the U.S. State of New Mexico . The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2009, 72 pp. Ungnade, Herbert E. "Guide to the New Mexico Mountains", University of New Mexico Press, 3d Ed. 1975
The Sandia Mountains are the most visited range in New Mexico. Numerous hiking trails exist on both sides of the range, such as the popular La Luz Trail and Crest Trail. Much of the west side of the range is included in the Sandia Mountain Wilderness; the trails on that side are steeper, and water is very scarce.
83,000 km 2 (32,000 sq mi) Population. (2013) • Total. 1,230,000. • Density. 15/km 2 (38/sq mi) The Llano Estacado ( Spanish: [ˈʝano estaˈkaðo] ), sometimes translated into English as the Staked Plains, [ 2] is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas.
The Big Burro Mountains are a moderate length 35-mile (56 km) long, mountain range located in central Grant County, New Mexico. The range's northwest-southeast 'ridgeline' is located 15 mi southwest of Silver City . The southeast end of the range has the Continental Divide of the Americas crossing the range over Burro Peak and traversing from ...
The Sierra Blanca ( Spanish: White Mountains) is an ultra-prominent range of volcanic mountains in Lincoln and Otero counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The range is about 40 miles (64 km) from north to south and 20 miles (32 km) wide. Sierra Blanca Peak (White Peak) is the highest mountain in the range at 11,981 ...
The Manzano Mountains are a small mountain range in the central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. They are oriented north–south and are 30 miles long. [ 1] The center of the range lies due east of the town of Belen. The name "Manzano" is Spanish for "apple"; the mountains were named for apple orchards planted at the nearby town of Manzano.
The Alamo Hueco Mountains lie in the southeast corner of New Mexico's 'Bootheel', so the Chihuahua border also lies to the east of the mountain range. The highest peak in the range is Pierce Peak (New Mexico) , 6,159 feet (1,877 m), [ 1 ] near the range's center-northeast; the peak is located at 31°26′54″N 108°20′06″W / 31. ...