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Organ Mountains. The Organ Mountains (also known as La Sierra de los Órganos) are a rugged mountain range in southern New Mexico in the Southwestern United States. Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument was declared a national monument on May 21, 2014. [1] They lie 10 mi (16 km) east of the city of Las Cruces, in Doña Ana County.
The Sandia Mountains are the most visited range in New Mexico. Numerous hiking trails exist on both sides of the range, such as the popular La Luz Trail and Crest Trail. Much of the west side of the range is included in the Sandia Mountain Wilderness; the trails on that side are steeper, and water is very scarce. Numerous picnic and recreation ...
Brushy (Teethy) Mountains. Caballo Mountains. Canyon Creek Mountains. Capitan Mountains. Cebolleta Mountains. Cedar Mountain Range. Chupadera Mountains. Chuska Mountains. Cimarron (Cinnamon) Range.
List of mountain peaks of New Mexico. Coordinates: 36.5569°N 105.4169°W. Wheeler Peak is the highest summit of the U.S. State of New Mexico. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the U.S. State of New Mexico. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
Mount Phillips, formerly called Clear Creek Mountain, is located in Colfax County about 11 mi (17 km) south of Baldy Mountain in the Cimarron Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. The peak was renamed in 1960 in honor of Waite Phillips, who donated the area to the Boy Scouts of America.
Access to the range is primarily via New Mexico State Road 152 (NM 152), which crosses the Black Range on its way from Kingston on the east towards San Lorenzo on the west. NM 152 crosses the range at 8,228-foot (2,508 m) Emory Pass, where there is a hiking trail that covers the entire length of the mountains along the central ridge.
The Sierra Blanca (Spanish: White Mountains) is an ultra-prominent range of volcanic mountains in Lincoln and Otero counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The range is about 40 miles (64 km) from north to south and 20 miles (32 km) wide. Sierra Blanca Peak (White Peak) is the highest mountain in the range at 11,981 ...
Sacramento Mountains (New Mexico) San Augustin Mountains. San Mateo Mountains (Cibola County, New Mexico) San Mateo Mountains (Socorro County, New Mexico) Sandia Mountains. Sandia–Manzano Mountains. Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Sierra Aguilada. Sierra Blanca (New Mexico)