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Of the highest major summits of New Mexico, Wheeler Peak exceeds 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation, 11 peaks exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and 26 peaks exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation. The 30 highest summits of New Mexico with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence
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.
This is a list of mountain ranges in the U.S. state of New Mexico, listed alphabetically, and associated landforms. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain ranges of New Mexico . This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Truchas Peak (more precisely, South Truchas Peak; Tewa: K'usenmp'in) is the second highest peak in the U.S. State of New Mexico behind Wheeler Peak. [3] It is in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Santa Fe. It lies within the Pecos Wilderness, part of the Santa Fe National Forest.
Manzano Peak is the highest peak in the Manzano Mountains, a mountain range in the central part of the US State of New Mexico.It lies 7 miles (11 km) southwest of the town of Manzano and 18 miles (29 km) east-southeast of the town of Belen, in the Manzano Wilderness Area, part of the Mountainair Ranger District of the Cibola National Forest.
The eastern side of the mountain consists of two small cirques, one containing Lake Katherine, one of the highest lakes in New Mexico at elevation 11,745 feet (3,580 m). [4] Contrary to popular belief, Lake Katherine was not given its name by theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer , [ 5 ] in reference to his wife Katherine "Kitty ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Mountain passes of the U.S. state of New Mexico ... Pages in category "Mountain passes of New Mexico"
New Mexico population density map With just 17 people per square mile (6.6 people/km 2 ), New Mexico is one of the least densely populated states , ranking 45th out of 50. By contrast, the overall population density of the U.S. is 90/sq mi (35/km 2 ).