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Black Mesa is a mesa located in an area covering parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.It extends from Mesa de Maya, Colorado southeasterly 28 miles (45 km) crossing into the northeast corner of New Mexico, and ending in the Oklahoma panhandle along the north bank of the Cimarron River at its confluence with the North Carrizo Creek near Kenton.
Black Mesa State Park is an Oklahoma state park in Cimarron County, near the western border of the Oklahoma panhandle and New Mexico. The park is located about 15 miles (24 km) away from its namesake, Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma (4,973 feet (1,516 m) above sea level). The mesa was named for the layer of black lava rock that coats ...
The highest point of Black Mesa in New Mexico is 5,266 feet (1,605 m) and in Oklahoma is 4,973 feet (1,516 m). A Nature Conservancy preserve of 1,600 acres (650 ha) gives access to the summit of Black Mesa in Oklahoma. This is the only part of the Mesa de Maya and Black Mesa that is accessible to the public.
The mesa is located on the Colorado Plateau near Kayenta, Arizona, and rises to over 8,168 ft (2,490 m). Its highest peak is located on Black Mesa's northern rim, a few miles south of the town of Kayenta. Reliable springs surfacing at several locations mean the mesa is more suitable for continuous habitation than much of the surrounding desert ...
Black Mesa (Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico), in Colorado, New Mexico, and the highest point in Oklahoma; Black Mesa Test Range, a United States Army rocket testing facility in Utah; Black Mesa (Apache-Navajo Counties, Arizona), an upland coal-bearing mesa, mountainous area in Navajo and Apache Counties, Arizona
JA Volcano, as seen from its western flank, at Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico Black Volcano in Petroglyph National Monument, as seen from its south, at the trail head connecting it to JA volcano on January 14, 2009. The Albuquerque volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field in the Albuquerque Basin in New Mexico, United States.
The mesa is about 10 miles (16 km) long, [1] north – south and about 1,000 feet (300 m) higher than the surrounding valleys to the east, south and west. [2] Interstate 40 in Arizona runs along the valleys to the east and south of the Black Mesa, connecting Needles, California to Kingman.
Satellite image of northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico, including the Four Corners Monument (FC). Snow dusts higher elevations in the image. Labeled natural features are the Chuska Mountains (CM), the Carrizo Mountains (C), Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (MV), Black Mesa (B), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (CdC), and the Defiance Uplift-() (D).