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Elephant Butte is a city in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, located near Elephant Butte Reservoir and Elephant Butte Lake State Park. The population was 1,447 at the time of the 2020 census .
Elephant Butte is a populated place on the southeast end of the Elephant Butte Reservoir in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. [1] It should not be confused with the modern city of Elephant Butte, New Mexico that is on the west side of the reservoir to the northwest of this place.
Elephant Butte Reservoir is a reservoir on the southern part of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Truth or Consequences.The reservoir is the 84th largest man-made lake in the United States and the largest in New Mexico by total surface area and peak volume.
Elephant Butte State Park is a New Mexico gem. On holiday weekends like Memorial Day, visitors have historically reached 100,000 on each day. Elephant Butte Lake visitor guide: when to visit ...
Elephant Butte is a summit that is now in the Elephant Butte Reservoir and within the Elephant Butte Lake State Park in Sierra County, New Mexico. It has an elevation of 4,639 feet (1,414 m). [ 1 ] It was named for its shape, which is said to look like an elephant .
Elephant Butte Dam is named after a rock formation resembling an elephant. [2] Crews began construction on the dam in 1911 and ended in 1916. This was a major engineering feat in its day. The enormous concrete dam is the major feature of the Elephant Butte National Register Historic District.
Elephant Butte Dam or Elephant Butte Dike, originally Engle Dam, [2] is a concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in the United States. The dam impounds Elephant Butte Reservoir , which is used mainly for agriculture but also provides for recreation, hydroelectricity, and flood and sediment control.
Elephant Butte is a 5,653-foot (1,723 m) summit in Grand County, Utah. It is located within Arches National Park , and is the highest point in the park. [ 3 ] Like many of the rock formations in the park, Elephant Butte is composed of Entrada Sandstone .