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2. Wheeler Peak (New Mexico) - Wikipedia

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   Wheeler Peak is the focus of the 19,661-acre (79.57 km 2) Wheeler Peak Wilderness area in the Carson National Forest. Much of the mountain area just south of the peak is on Taos Pueblo land. Some 48,000 acres (190 km 2 ) was returned to the pueblo from the Carson National Forest in 1970 [ 4 ] and another 764 acres (3.09 km 2 ) in 1996.

3. Wheeler Peak Wilderness - Wikipedia

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   Established as the Wheeler Peak Wild Area in 1960, [1] 6,051 acres (2,449 ha) the area was re-designated the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in 1964 with the passage of the Wilderness Act. The area was expanded by 14,700 acres (5,900 ha) in 1980 with the passage of the New Mexico Wilderness Act. [2]

4. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway - Wikipedia

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   The byway encircles Wheeler Peak (13,161 feet (4,011 m)) of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It is the tallest mountain in New Mexico. The scenic byway passes through historic towns, alongside lakes and streams, and near ski resorts and recreational parks. [2]

5. Lake Fork Peak - Wikipedia

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   It is the second-highest point in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness and ranks as the sixth-highest summit in New Mexico. [3] The mountain is located within the Carson National Forest, 12 miles northeast of the town of Taos and 1.24 miles west-southwest of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in the state. [1]

6. Vallecito Mountain - Wikipedia

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   Vallecito Mountain is part of the Taos Mountains which are a subset of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and it ranks as the 14th-highest summit in New Mexico. [1] [4] The mountain is located 12 miles northeast of the town of Taos and three miles west-southwest of Wheeler Peak, the highest point in the state.

7. Truchas Peak - Wikipedia

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   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.

8. Williams Lake (New Mexico) - Wikipedia

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   Williams Lake is an alpine lake in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, located high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains below Wheeler Peak in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness of Carson National Forest. The lake is accessible via the Williams Lake Trail from the trailhead in Taos Ski Valley . [ 1 ]

9. Gold Hill (New Mexico) - Wikipedia

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   An ascent of the peak involves 3,261 feet of elevation gain over 10.6 miles (round-trip) of hiking the Gold Hill Trail which crosses over the summit. [5] This mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, [4] and the name refers to gold mining that took place here in the late 1800s. [6]