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Sangre de Cristo Range: 13,325 ft 4062 m: 2,040 ft 622 m: 4.64 mi 7.47 km (Image: Sangre de Cristo range from the Great Sand Dunes National Park) 6 Wheeler Peak [b] Taos Mountains: 13,167 ft 4013 m: 3,409 ft 1039 m: 37.4 mi 60.1 km Wheeler Peak, of the Wheeler Peak Wilderness, is the highest peak in New Mexico.
The Sangre de Cristo Range rises over 7,000 ft (2,100 m) above the valleys and plains to the west and northeast. According to the USGS , the range is the northern part of the larger Sangre de Cristo Mountains , which extend through northern New Mexico .
Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Colorado. The heritage area includes the San Luis Valley and portions of the Sangre de Cristo Range. The region combines influences of Anglo-American, Hispano-American and Native American influences.
Sangre de Cristo (Spanish: "blood of Christ") can refer to: Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in Northern New Mexico and South-Central Colorado in the United States; Sangre de Cristo Pass, a mountain pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Sangre de Cristo Creek, in Costilla County, Colorado
The Sangre de Cristo Land Grant in the San Luis Valley of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico consists of 1,000,000 acres (4,000 km 2) of mostly arid land. It was awarded by the government of New Mexico to the Beaubien family in 1843. The land grant was originally settled by Hispanics from New Mexico.
Sangre de Cristo Pass was a popular early route between the Rio Grande and the Arkansas River for native peoples, trappers, and traders. The pass was the site of the Spanish Fort of 1819, the only permanent structure built by the Spanish government in the Mountain West north of the present State of New Mexico .
The Sangre de Cristo Wilderness is a long and narrow wilderness area covering 220,803 acres (893.56 km 2) of the Sangre de Cristo Range centered about Saguache and Custer counties, Colorado. Smaller areas are located in Fremont , Alamosa , and Huerfano counties.
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