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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 in the Gila National Forest and the Gila Wilderness. The summit marks the boundary between the Wilderness Ranger District and the Glenwood Ranger District.
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]
The highest natural point in the U.S. state of Missouri, ... 5 Proffit Mountain [5] [c] Reynolds: St. Francois Mountains: 518 m 1,699 ft: 110 m 361 ft: 2.1 km 1.3 mi
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. [6] Indian Peak is 9 miles (15 km) southeast of Mogollon, New Mexico and can be accessed via the Holt Apache Trial. [5]
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.
The highest mountains are also not generally the most voluminous. Mauna Loa (4,169 m or 13,678 ft) is the largest mountain on Earth in terms of base area (about 5,200 km 2 or 2,000 sq mi) and volume (about 42,000 km 3 or 10,000 cu mi), although, due to the intergrade of lava from Kilauea , Hualalai and Mauna Kea , the volume can only be ...