Capitan Mountains
Capitan Mountains
Location of the mountain
The Capitan Mountains are a mountain range in Lincoln County, in south-central New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The range is about 20 miles (32 km) long from east to west being about 6 miles (10 km) wide and were formed from a large elongated granite intrusion similar to the round one that produced Carrizo Mountain to the west.
The small town of Capitan is on the southwestern side of the mountain and is the location of Smokey Bear Historical Park. This is the park that memorializes the famous bear that was rescued from the Capitan Gap Fire in the Capitan Mountains. The highest point in the range is an unnamed peak reaching 10,201 feet (3139 m) which is 118 feet (36 m) higher than Capitan Peak. The entirety of the range lies within Lincoln National Forest and is separated from the Sacramento Mountains to the south and Sierra Blanca to the southwest by the valley of Rio Bonito.
External links
- Smokey Bear Historical Park
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- Soldiers Farewell Hill
- Big Hatchet Peak
- Zeller Peak
- Black Mountain (Catron County)
- McKnight Mountain
- Beautiful Mountain
- Cerro Grande
- Chicoma Mountain
- Redondo Peak
- South Baldy
- Pyramid Peak
(Cibola County)
- Mount Taylor
- West Blue Mountain
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- Haystack Mountain
- Mount Sedgwick
- Aden Crater
- Alamo Hueco Mountains
- Animas Mountains
- Brazos Mountains
- Caballo Mountains
- Canjilón Mountain
- Canyon Creek Mountains
- Capitan Mountains
- Capulin Peak
- Cedar Mountain Range
- Datil Mountains
- Dirty Point
- Doña Ana Mountains
- Eagle Peak
- East Potrillo Mountains
- Elephant Butte (Hidalgo County)
- Elephant Butte (Sierra County)
- Fajada Butte
- Florida Mountains
- Franklin Mountains
- Granite Peak
- Guadalupe Mountains
- Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)
- Hosta Butte
- Hueco Mountains
- Huérfano Mountain
- Jicarilla Mountains
- Jornada del Muerto Volcano
- Ladron Peak
- Little Burro Mountains
- Little Hatchet Mountains
- Little San Pascual Mountain
- Luera Mountains
- Sierra Nacimiento
- Ocate Peak
- Ortiz Mountains
- Picacho Mountain
- Robledo Mountains
- San Antonio Mountain
- San Mateo Mountains (Socorro County)
- Sierra Aguilada
- Sierra Blanca
- Sierra de las Uvas
- West Potrillo Mountains
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