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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. [2]
Organ Mountains. The 496,330-acre (200,860 ha) monument is located in the Mesilla Valley in southern New Mexico, surrounding the city of Las Cruces in Doña Ana County.The protected area includes several mountain ranges of the Chihuahuan Desert.
The monument includes the Organ Mountains, a mountain range that climbs from the Chihuahuan Desert to an elevation up to 9,000 feet near the east side of Las Cruces.
Organ Needle is the highest point of the Organ Mountains in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico.It lies in Doña Ana County, 13 miles (20,921 m) east-northeast of Las Cruces and 4 miles (6 km) southwest of White Sands, headquarters of the White Sands Missile Range.
Xchelzin Peña is a freelance reporter for the Las Cruces Sun-News, she can be reached at xchelzin@gmail.com. This article originally appeared on Las Cruces Sun-News: Organ Mountain Inn in White ...
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The Mesilla Valley as seen from Las Cruces' west mesa. The Organ Mountains tower over the Mesilla Valley (Las Cruces, NM in the foreground). The Mesilla Valley is a geographic feature of Southern New Mexico and far West Texas. It was formed by repeated heavy spring floods of the Rio Grande.
The Organ Mountains, 10 miles (16 km) to the east, are dominant in the city's landscape, along with the Doña Ana Mountains, Robledo Mountains, and Picacho Peak. Las Cruces lies 225 mi (362 km) south of Albuquerque, 42 mi (68 km) northwest of El Paso, Texas, and 41 mi (66 km) north of the Mexican border at Sunland Park.