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Of the highest major summits of New Mexico, Wheeler Peak exceeds 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation, 11 peaks exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and 26 peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation. The 30 highest summits of New Mexico with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence
Wheeler Peak is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is located northeast of Taos and south of Red River in the northern part of the state, and just 2 miles (3.2 km) southeast of the ski slopes of Taos Ski Valley. It lies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The peak's ...
Chicoma Mountain (/ tʃ ɪ ˈ k oʊ m ə /; also spelled Tschicoma or Tchicoma) is the highest point in the Jemez Mountains, a prominent mountain range in the U.S. State of New Mexico.
Sierra Blanca Peak (White Peak) is the highest mountain in the range at 11,981 feet (3,652 m). [1] It is southern New Mexico's highest peak, as well as the most prominent (5,533 feet) and the 40th highest in the entire state. [ 3 ]
Manzano Peak is the highest peak in the Manzano Mountains, a mountain range in the central part of the US State of New Mexico.It lies 7 miles (11 km) southwest of the town of Manzano and 18 miles (29 km) east-southeast of the town of Belen, in the Manzano Wilderness Area, part of the Mountainair Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest.
It is the highest point in the Columbine–Hondo Wilderness and ranks as the 11th-highest summit in New Mexico. [1] [3] The mountain is located within the Carson National Forest, 18.5 miles north-northeast of the town of Taos and 6.5 miles north-northwest of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in the state. Precipitation runoff from the mountain ...
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
Ute Mountain is part of the Taos Mountains which are a subset of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. [3] The isolated landmark is the highest point of the Cerro del Yuta Wilderness and Rio Grande del Norte National Monument which is administered by the Bureau of Land Management . [ 4 ]