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Most of the Mogollon Mountains range is protected within the Gila Wilderness, in the Gila National Forest. The highest point in the range is Whitewater Baldy which, at 10,895 ft (3,321 m), is the highest point in southwestern New Mexico. The range also contains five other peaks over 10,000 feet, most notably Mogollon Baldy 10,778 ft (3,285 m).
Whitewater Baldy is the highest point of the Mogollon Mountains and the 3rd highest mountain in Southern New Mexico, after Sierra Blanca Peak and Lincoln County's Lookout Mountain. It is located in Catron County in the Gila Wilderness, part of the Gila National Forest. It lies about 15 miles (24 km) east of the town of Glenwood (on U.S. Route 180).
Mogollon Baldy is one of the tallest mountains in the Mogollon Mountains of New Mexico in the United States. It is about 10,774 feet (3,284 m) tall. It is about 10,774 feet (3,284 m) tall. It is in the Gila National Forest and the Gila Wilderness .
The Mogollon Mountains traverse an arc across the wilderness. The tallest peak within this range, Whitewater Baldy at 10,895 ft (3,321 m), is in the northwest part of the wilderness along with several other summits more than 10,000 ft (3,048 m) high. At the northeast corner is prominent Black Mountain rising to 9,287 ft (2,831 m). [3]
The Mogollon Rim is a major floristic and faunal boundary, with species characteristic of the Rocky Mountains living on the top of the plateau, and species native to the Mexican Sierra Madre Occidental on the slopes below and in the Madrean Sky Islands (high, isolated mountain ranges) further south. [citation needed]
Mangas Mountain Lookout Complex; Mogollon Historic District - The site of many historic buildings, Mogollon was a successful mining town until the turn of the 20th century. Mogollon Baldy Lookout Cabin; Mogollon Pueblo; The Lightning Fields - A 640-acre art installation by Walter De Maria. Commissioned and maintained by Dia Art Foundation
The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general.
Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, Bursum Caldera [4] Indian Peak is located in the Gila Wilderness in Catron County, New Mexico . [ 5 ] Indian Peak is found in the Mogollon Mountains and is ranked the 203rd highest peak, and 1077th by prominence, for New Mexico.