The Counties of
New Mexico

BERNALILLO
CATRON
CHAVES
CIBOLA
COLFAX
CURRY
DE BACA
DOÑA ANA
EDDY
GRANT
GUADALUPE
HARDING
HIDALGO
LEA
LINCOLN
LOS ALAMOS
LUNA
McKINLEY
MORA
OTERO
QUAY
RIO ARRIBA
ROOSEVELT
SAN JUAN
SANDOVAL
SAN MIGUEL
SANTA FE
SIERRA
SOCORRO
TAOS
TORRANCE
UNION
VALENCIA

































Sandia Crest
Whitewater Baldy
One Tree Peak
Mount Taylor
Little Costilla Pk
Deadman Canyon
Loma Alta
Organ Needle
Upper Dog Canyon
McKnight Mn
Mesa Leon
Sugarloaf Mtn
'Ghost' Peak
Mescalero Ridge
Lookout Mtn
Caballo Mtn
Cookes Peak
C. de Alejandro
Truchas Peak
Sierra Blanca
Luciano Mesa
Truchas Peak
West of House
Beautiful Mtn
Redondo Peak
Elk Mountain
Santa Fe Baldy
McKnight Mtn
South Baldy
Wheeler Peak
Manzano Peak
Sierra Grande
Manzano Range

New Mexico County Highpoints
Statistics Summary

New Mexico's
Prominence Peaks

Mew Mexico has 47 peaks above 2,000 feet of prominence. I gained most of my top prominence peaks as a result of my county highpoint project. Only recently have we started in on the other peaks on the list. We have grand plans for the state, including at least two peaks this upcoming summer. The columns below are fairly self-explanatory. The number in parentheses indicates the peak's prominence rank. This list is courtesy of Greg Slayden's www.peakbagger.com site.

Done

Sierra Blanca (1)
Chicoma (2)
Sandia (3)
Taylor (4)
Truchas (5)
South Baldy (6)
Organ Needle (7)
Big Hatchet (8)
Whitewater (10)
Wheeler (11)
Capitan (12)
Manzano (13)
'Ghost' (14)
Timber (20)
Carrizo (21)
Cookes (23)
McKnight (24)
Cerro Vista (26)
Redondo (28)
Little Costilla (29)
Black (31)
Withington (33)
Brushy (34)
Eagle (36)
Gallinas (39)
Hachita (40)
Sacramento (42)
Burro (46)
Santa Fe Baldy (47)
Not Done

• Salinas (9)
• Florida (15)
• West Blue (16)
• Ladrones Peak (17)
• Venado Peak (18)
• Mt Phillips (19)
• Baldy (22)
• San Andres (25)
• Ute Peak (27)
• Alegres (30)
• Wind (32)
• Oscura (35)
• Picuris (37)
• Mockingbird (38)
• San Antonio (41)
• Alamo Hueco (43)
• Placer (44)
• Gardner (45)

L I N K S

New Mexico County Highpoints
at summitpost.org

New Mexico County Highpoints
at www.cohp.org

John Kirk's New Mexico
County Highpoints Page

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Main Highpoints Page

I lived in New Mexico as a small boy while my father was stationed at White Sands Missile Range. I have only the vaguest memories of our time there, and I did not return to the state until 1993 - a span of 23 years. When the highpointing bug hit me, I became motivated to visit the state highpoint, Wheeler Peak, which I climbed together with my brother Chris in 1994. The desire to visit and climb each of the county highpoints did not come to me until 2000, when I visited the easy Lea County highpoint in early January. At the time I had no idea that I would ever finish all 33 New Mexico County highpoints, but I figured I would at least have fun trying.

I made good progress in 2000 and 2001, in which I successfully climbed or visited the midsection of the state. I got the counties along the Arizona border in short order, plus all the plains counties in one long swing. By the end of 2001 I had 22 of the 33 counties completed, and a state completion looked promising. In 2002 I nabbed two more, the five more in 2003. Finally, I finished off the remaining five counties in 2004, finishing on Santa Fe Baldy with my wife Beth on October 9, 2004. It was a thrill to complete the task, especially to do so with my wife.

Since then, I have re-done a few of the county highpoints with Beth, and we have started the task of hiking the highest peaks by prominence within the state. We thoroughly enjoy visiting New Mexico and like to find any excuse to go visit the state.